Published 14:50 IST, February 4th 2020

Elon Musk's Starlink satellites 'changing the night sky', astronomers claim

Astronomers have recently accused SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of 'changing the night sky' for his own personal ambition after the launch of 60 SpaceX satellites.

Reported by: Shubham Bose
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Astromers have recently accused X CEO Elon Musk of 'changing night sky' for his own personal ambition. Several satellites have recently been launched into as part of X's Starlink project. Astromers are claiming that se new satellites are an immense source of light pollution.

Mass-produced satellites

According to reports, recently launched satellites are a part of company's Starlink project that aims to build a vast broband internet business by deploying hundreds of satellites in short span of a year. official Starlink website states that all launched satellites will make up a constellation that is produced by thousands of mass-produced small satellites. se small satellites will work alongside ground transceivers.

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According to reports, Astromer Daniel Caton claims that satellites launched by X as a part of Starlink project are 99 per cent brighter than rmal satellites and refore jeopardize view of night sky from Earth.

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X is scheduled to launch 1,500 satellites this year and n final number of Starlink satellites will be 12,000. Or corporations like Amazon, OneWeb etc are also attempting to replicate feat achieved by Musk's company, which is to create a dense mega-constellation in near future.

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Starlink project

Starlink, according to reports, is a satellite constellation that is being constructed by X. Once completed, project will provide satellite internet access. X plans to also sell some of satellites to be used in military, scientific, exploratory purposes.

14:50 IST, February 4th 2020