I'm updating satellite numbers for yet another talk.
There now 8,077 Starlink satellites in orbit, 1,240 have already been burned up in the atmosphere, depositing all their metal, plastic, and computer bits in the stratosphere as weird vapour (data from https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html)
12,238 active satellites now catalogued. The fraction of Starlinks is actually holding pretty steady lately because so many other operators have started launching. Over 200 satellites launched this month.
It's been 3 days since I put in these numbers and just to make sure I am super angry as I go to bed, I checked again.
There area now 8,093 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 12,308 total active satellites. 1,243 Starlink satellites have burned up.
As with almost everything else happening, this is so fucking stupid, and I'm going to keep yelling about it. To calm myself down, I'd go outside and look up, but guess what I'd see?
Who needs post-apocalyptic scifi books?
@sundogplanets Kessler Syndrome, here we come... I wonder how many years away it is.
@mpjgregoire @sundogplanets we'll probably lose the ozone layer first.
So slap on your SPF50.
Also unneccesary electrical emissions due to bad design are really mucking up ground based radio telescopes. It really is the wild west up there.
https://explorersweb.com/starlink-satellites-are-leaking-radio-emissions/
@marjolica @mpjgregoire @sundogplanets
Great!! so they are not only getting in the way of optical telescopes and views of the cosmos, they are getting in the way of radio telescopes too.
This HAS TO STOP!!!!
