A 360-degree panorama of the night sky and prairie landscape from the Visitor Centre and farmyard at the Old Man on His Back Prairie & Heritage Conservation Area in southwest Saskatchewan. (Alan Dyer/NCC)

Planned launch of thousands of satellites could obliterate our view of night skies, says astronomy prof

By Janani Whitfield, Published by CBC Canada, 14 September 2021 If the launch of thousands of artificial satellites goes ahead as planned, future generations may have to start singing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little StarLink,' a possibility that has one astronomy professor chilled.  Humans have long turned to the night sky to see natural

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Inside a SpaceX fairing as it separates and deploys a batch of Starlink satellites in 2019. The satellite stack is visible in the center. Image: SpaceX/YouTube

Starlink Gears Up To Launch Nearly 1,300 Satellites In Just 6 Months!

By Ramish Zafar, Published by WCCFtech, 29 August 2021 Space Exploration Technologies Corp.'s (SpaceX) Starlink satellite internet constellation plans to launch a staggering amount of satellites by the end of February next year reveal the company's filings with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). SpaceX's Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket uses frequencies

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites near-misses with other spacecraft are getting ‘out of control’, experts say

By Adam Smith, Published by the Independent, 20 August 2021 SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are responsible for over half of all near-collisions in space, according to the head of the Astronautics Research Group. Craft from the space company, which was founded by Elon Musk, are involved in approximately 1,600 close encounters

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellites near-misses with other spacecraft are getting ‘out of control’, experts say

By Adam Smith, Published by The Independent, 20 August 2021 Once Starlink launches its full 12,000 satellite network it will be involved in 90 per cent of all close approaches, which experts say is ‘getting out of control’ SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are responsible for over half of all near-collisions in

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An artist's illustration of SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites in orbit. (Image credit: SpaceX)

SpaceX Starlink satellites responsible for over half of close encounters in orbit, scientist says

By Tereza Pultarova, Published by Space.com, 18 August 2021 Starlink satellites might soon be involved in 90% of close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit. Operators of satellite constellations are constantly forced to move their satellites because of encounters with other spacecraft and pieces of space junk. And,

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Billionaire space race: What does it mean for climate change and the environment?

By Jocelyn Timperley, Published by Science Focus, 12 August, 2021 New regulations regarding the environmental impacts of space travel must be put in place to prevent the emergence of a ‘Wild West’ attitude, experts say. Space travel made international headlines in July as both Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin

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