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Bluewalker 3 satellite is brighter than 99.8 per cent of visible stars

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November 26, 2022
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Observations of a huge test satellite that launched in September have fuelled concerns about the impact a planned fleet could have on astronomy



Space



25 November 2022

By Alex Wilkins

The 64 square metre reflective array of the Blue Walker 3 satellite after deployment in orbit

AST SpaceMobile

A test satellite for a future space-to-Earth mobile phone network is brighter than 99.8 per cent of stars visible to the naked eye. If a planned fleet of 100 additional satellites is as bright or brighter, astronomers are concerned it could severely impact ground-based astronomy.

In September, Texas-based firm AST SpaceMobile launched its BlueWalker 3 satellite to test beaming a cellular connection directly to mobile phones from space.

But astronomers were concerned that the test …



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