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SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With "Unintended" Radiation

futurism.com SpaceX Satellites Are Ruining Observations With "Unintended" Radiation

SpaceX's Starlink satellites are emanating low-frequency waves from their onboard electronics, messing with astronomical equipment.

A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting "unintended" radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites.

These low-frequency radio waves, are being picked up by telescopes designed to scan that frequency range. That's because this range also happens to be instrumental to deep space observations.

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Aren't satellites tested in anechoic chambers to measure radio performance and other emitted noise?

If so, someone must have known about these radio emissions before launch.

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- Musk wanted to meet a release date, nasa be damned
  
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Hopefully they are as quick to fix this as they were when astronomers complained that the satellites were too bright.

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- Did they ever satisfactorily resolve that issue, or did the media just stop covering it as aggressively? Last I heard they were trying to add solar shields to the satellites to reduce their albedo.
  
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  They do also use an antireflective coating/paint on the satellites now, which had helped quite a lot.
  
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  There were articles a while back stating that the target albedo had been met with the newer satellites.
  
  I don't recall the specific details, though.
  
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  I haven't been able to find any info past that update. I guess it isn't being covered at all anymore.
  
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can't believe musk also twittered the night sky. That's fucked up

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Suspicious of this

With all the shit we have in orbit you're telling me SpaceX's shit specifically is more of a problem?

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Musk is a fucking hack. Please stop this ding song from ruining more stuff.

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- Maybe you could stop foaming about Musk just because SpaceX is mentioned. SpaceX has made incredible innovations for space launches and allowed thousands of projects that otherwise would never have been able to afford a launch.
  
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  Also has saved tax payers loads of money by being super cheap to lauch nasa and defense satellites
  
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  @MaggiWuerze @SpaceMonk like shooting a car into space
  
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  @MaggiWuerze @SpaceMonk SpaceX will always remain awesome, Musk these days is quite questionable but still entertaining lmao.
  
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