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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by delecti on Saturday July 11, 2026 @09:13AM (#48871795)
More than 2/3 of all active satellites are part of the SpaceX/Starlink constellation, and it's a full 3/4 of those in LEO, which are the biggest contributor to the glints we can see in the night sky.

They're such an enormous part of the problem that it does a disservice to the problem to not metaphorically shine a spotlight on them.

I had trouble finding another source that summed up the data so nicely, but other sources did corroborate these figures: https://satfleetlive.com/blogs/how-many-satellites-in-orbit/

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by RetpolineDrama on Saturday July 11, 2026 @10:57AM (#48872626)
>which are the biggest contributor to the glints we can see in the night sky.

>They're such an enormous part of the problem

What an incredible life of privilege you must live to perceive a few glints in the sky as a huge problem.

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Re:SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites – fo... by delecti on Saturday July 11, 2026 @11:35AM (#48872941)
I didn't say whether I thought it was a huge problem. I just said it was a problem, and identified the largest contributor to that problem.

But really, what point are you trying to make? I don't need to think that satellites glinting in the night sky are the literal worst problem facing humanity for that to be a valid topic of discussion.

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