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Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by saberdancer on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:24PM (#22185999)
We won't give up the night sky. Starlink won't be very high so majority of satellites will be in the shadow except close to sunrise/sunset.

Starlink satellites are quite small and probably won't be very visible even when deployed. SpaceX is working to reduce "glare" so this will probably be further improved.

Even with a full grid deployed, I doubt you would see more than a dozen satellites at any given time. Someone probably has numbers so please correct me or chip in.

Re:Starlink Is a Big Deal by pwinnski on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @04:31PM (#22186067)
The question is whether this is a nuisance or an existential threat to earth-based astronomy.[0] It's definitely not nothing.

[0] http://astronomy.com/news/2020/01/with-more-spacex-starlink-...