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Re:Stacked images of the comet, photobombed by Starlink sate... by supernova87a on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:07PM (#23928822)
How about when satellite stray signals or signatures start to pollute not just amateur hobbies, but GPS, weather? It's all related.
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Re:Stacked images of the comet, photobombed by Starlink sate... by giantrobot on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:36PM (#23929158)
Satellites have very constrained transceivers. This is not only for regulatory reasons but efficiency. It's a literal waste of power to leak noise into non-target bands. Everything from the transceiver electronics to antennas are tuned for target bands. Satellites broadcasting stray signals is rare enough to not be a thing.

Interference with GPS and other signals overwhelmingly comes from ground based sources.

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