SpaceX’s Starlink network has revolutionized global internet access, but it’s also creating new challenges for radio astronomy. A recent study from Curtin University, which analyzed 76 million images from a prototype of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope, shows that Starlink satellites are interfering with radio observations. In some datasets, up to 30% of the […]
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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites to strengthen text and data cellphone service
SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink satellites aboard on Wednesday at 10:27 am EST from the Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, reported Spaceflight Now. Of these 21 satellites, 13 are equipped to provide text and data cellphone services. The first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket returned to […]