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As part of the Starlink program, which aims to bring to low Earth orbit of small satellites to create a global Internet, the first batch of sixty was launched. However not everyone was happy with these events – Starlink satellites interfered astronomers capture the meteor shower Monocerotide.
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Stripes from passing during the night shooting of the Starlink satellite group, who “spoiled” the picture and with it the mood to astronomers. International Astronomical Union officially accuses Starlink of Tom, launched satellites, prevented scientists from capturing the long-awaited meteor Rain.
Earlier, the scientific astronomical union posted video frames with a very rare occurrence that were obtained with the camera Farrah Italian Observatory. According to scientists, at their disposal There are 150 research stations in different parts of the world, and about half of the received pictures are corrupted by a “friendly jamb” Starlink satellites floating in the night sky.
Starlink representatives reassure astronomers, explaining that these satellites are only temporarily in low orbit. In the near in the future they will be put into a higher orbit, and interfere with the work scientists will be gone.
Andrey Vetrov
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