A view of SpaceX’s first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still in stacked configuration, with the Earth as a brilliant blue backdrop on May 23, 2019. Image via SpaceX/Space.com.
Amazing video of dozens of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites chugging along, in a straight line, across the heavens. See it here. Not everybody is happy about the Starlink satellites, though. Check out the charts below and hear what astronomer Guy Ottewell has to say.
View larger. | West after sunset on an ordinary Saturday in early June. In 2019, Mars can be seen in this part of the sky. Some fear the Starlink satellites - by virtue of their numbers - will interfere with astronomy. See the chart below, and read more.
View larger. | This view is purely imaginary. We don't know yet how bright the Starlink satellites will be, when all 12,000 of them are deployed and settled into their final orbits. Will they be visible? Will they interfere with astronomy? Astronomer Guy Ottewell ponders these questions. Read more.
