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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by ceejayoz on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:25AM (#21736644)
SpaceX is launching some of those telescopes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Sa...

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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by Tomte on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:29AM (#21736663)
And in order to launch it they are using their constellation how exactly? Ah yes, they don't. They are separate.
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Re:SpaceX working on fix for Starlink satellites so they don... by ceejayoz on Sunday December 08, 2019 @11:47AM (#21736762)
It was launched on a SpaceX rocket by those "greedy entrepreneurs", at a cost that likely permitted the professional astronomers to save a bunch of money versus launching with a competitor like ULA.
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