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The Growing Impact of Unintended #Starlink Broadband Emission on Radio Astronomy in the SKA-Low Frequency Range: https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02831 -> "We report 112,534 individual detections of 1,806 unique Starlink satellites, some emitting broadband emission and others narrowband emission. [...] It is shown that in the worst cases, some datasets have a detectable Starlink satellite in ~30% of all images acquired. Emission from Starlink satellites is detected in primary and secondary frequency ranges protected by the International Telecommunication Union".

#Sonnenstürme verkürzen die Lebensdauer von #Starlink-Satelliten und lassen sie schneller zur Erde zurückkehren.
Durch erhöhte #Atmosphärendichte steigt der Luftwiderstan…

Tracking Reentries of Starlink Satellites During the Rising Phase of Solar Cycle 25
The exponential increase of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in the past 5 years has brought into intense focus the need for reliable monitoring and reentry prediction to safeguard from space collisions and ground debris impacts. However, LEO satellites fly within the upper atmosphere region that exerts significant drag forces to their orbits, reducing their lifetimes, and increasing collision risks during dynamic events, like geomagnetic storms. Such conditions can become more severe during ge…

Is this enough to shake some American lawmakers out of their foolishness and dump Musk and all his businesses?
Probably not, honestly, but one can hope.
“Dmitry Novikov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs
"I think that Musk has a completely different game, [so] he will not need any political asylum, although if he did, Russia, of course, could provide it," Novikov said, in remarks translated from Russian.”
#russiaukrainewar #musk #starlink
https://dmv.community/@jcrabapple/114636458312326546

Elender Fascho-Tech-Milliardär... Hat mir gestern Abend ganz schön die Laune verhagelt, als ich das #Teleskop aufgestellt habe. Innerhalb von ein paar Minuten musste ich die Beobachtung fünf mal abbrechen, weil #Starlink-Satelliten im 1,5-Minuten-Abstand durchs Bild geflogen sind.
Für mich ist das übrigens nur ärgerlich. Für die erdbasierte #Astronomie ist das eine Katastrophe.
#Darmstadt
#AmateurAstronomie
#Astrofotografie
#Sternenhimmel
#Flammensternnebel
#eVscope2