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Are We About to Destroy the Night Sky with a Million AI Satellites and 50,000 Space Mirrors?

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Image of Starlink satellites crossing in front of Venus and the Pleiades cluster. Credit - Torsten Hansen/IAU OAE

If you thought that the current crop of satellite megaconstellations was bad, you will be very disappointed by the new proposals from SpaceX and a company called Reflect Orbital. Their joint projects would change the night sky as we know it, and the world’s astronomical community is crying – especially letters from the Royal Astronomical … Read more

Seven missions have been launched to test improved data transmission from space

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View from orbit as satellites are deployed during the Transporter‑16 rideshare mission.

Tools 31/03/2026 605 feelings 24 love Eight CubeSats and one payload supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) have arrived in orbit, where they will demonstrate various applications aimed at improving the way data is sent and processed. Thanks to these indications, the practical and – in some cases – even the life-saving information facilitated … Read more