{"id":1214,"date":"2026-07-02T07:18:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1214"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:18:50","slug":"1-7-million-satellites-will-have-devastating-consequences-study-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1214","title":{"rendered":"1.7 Million Satellites Will Have \u2018Devastating Consequences,\u2019 Study Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Topline<\/h2>\n<p>A new study by the European Southern Observatory warns that plans to launch more than 1.7 million satellites into orbit could have \u201cdevastating consequences for astronomy,\u201d making the night sky brighter and reducing scientists\u2019 ability to observe the galaxy and the universe beyond. SpaceX is set to build a new economy in low Earth orbit, expanding its current Starlink telecommunications constellation and adding orbital AI data centers and even wirelessly transmitted solar power from space. The study \u2014 only the latest to warn about the scientific and environmental dangers of crowding Earth\u2019s orbit \u2014 concludes that Earth orbit should be limited to no more than 100,000 faint satellites, all below naked-eye visibility, to protect modern ground-based astronomy. According to Orbital Radar, there are currently 17,501 satellites orbiting Earth \u2014 10,000 of them active SpaceX Starlink satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1212\">Tesla\u2019s Electric Semi Has Its First Fatal Crash<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Bright Satellites Will Change The Night Sky<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cUntil now we have managed, but it\u2019s getting worse,\u201d said Hainaut, an astronomer at ESO for over 30 years. Although some companies have taken steps to reduce satellite brightness, he warned that current proposals go \u201cbeyond the limit\u201d of what astronomy can withstand.<\/p>\n<p>Satellites illuminated by the sun can leave bright streaks across telescope images, blocking faint galaxies, Earth-like exoplanets and potentially dangerous asteroids. Hainaut found that SpaceX\u2019s mega-constellation could create dozens of satellite trails in images taken by ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope in Chile two hours into the night. That could cause field-of-view losses of up to 28%. Since they reflect light from the sun when it\u2019s just below the horizon, it\u2019s always just after sunset and just before sunrise that satellites cause the most problems. Wide-field cameras, such as the one at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, could be even more vulnerable. A bright satellite trail can saturate detectors, produce ghost trails and potentially make images unusable.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Reflect Orbital\u2019s \u2018Sunlight On Demand\u2019 Plans<\/h2>\n<p>The study raises particular concern about Reflect Orbital, a U.S. start-up planning large mirror-like satellites designed to provide sunlight at night. The company aims to launch a prototype soon and expand to 50,000 satellites by 2035. Hainaut\u2019s calculations show these satellites could become the brightest objects ever placed in orbit. From inside a reflected beam, one satellite could appear four times brighter than the full moon. Even when not aimed directly at an observer, each satellite could appear as bright as Venus. From a light-polluted city, its satellites would be the only \u2018stars\u2019 visible in the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1210\">Tucker Carlson Says Trump Is \u2018Not A Man In Charge Of His Own Life\u2019\u2014Wants To Build New Third Party<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<h2>Strict Limits Required<\/h2>\n<p>Hainaut argues the worst impacts can only be avoided by limiting the total number of satellites, existing and future, to around 100,000. He also stresses that satellites must be fainter than visual magnitude 7, so they remain invisible to the naked eye even under dark skies. Although they can be that bright soon after launch,  Starlinks are typically fade to magnitude 5.5 once they reach their operational orbit, according to Astronomy magazine.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX and Reflect Orbital have each filed with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch. \u201cThe FCC received over 1,800 comments regarding Reflect Orbital and nearly 1,500 comments on the application by SpaceX,\u201d said Betty Kioko at the ESO\u2019s Institutional Affairs Office. \u201cThe ball is now in the FCC\u2019s court, and we wait to see the determinations they make on both filings. For optical astronomy, this is an existential threat, and we hope that the regulators will share that view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=1208\">Mitch McConnell Was Reportedly Found Unconscious Last Month\u2014What We Know About His Health<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Further reading<\/h2>\n<p><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Why The SpaceX IPO Could \u2018Permanently Scar\u2019 The Night Sky<\/span><small>By <span>Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>SpaceX IPO Is A $1.77 Trillion Bet On An Orbital Economy<\/span><small>By <span>Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><span><span>Forbes<\/span><span>Inside SpaceX\u2019s Orbital Economy: AI Data Centers And Wireless Power<\/span><small>By <span>Jamie Carter<\/span><\/small><\/span><span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Proposed satellite constellations from SpaceX and others are so large and bright they would change the night sky as we know it, a new scientific paper argues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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