It will also need to find a satellite constellation to rival SpaceX’s.
  • 4am@lemmy.zipEnglish
    94·
    1 day ago

    Yay, more constellations. Exactly what we needed. Yayyyyy

    • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      12 hours ago

      Sadly we need it. Satellite communication has shown its central importance in modern warfare and Russia is a credible threat for many EU member states, while the US cannot be trusted with such matters as should be obvious by now. So it is actually quite urgent to undo this lack in capabilities. At least this is a European project, so many countries cooperate here.

      • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
        15·
        1 day ago

        OP’s right, even with one constellation pollution is high, but since we aren’t able to collaborate and every country has to compete, there will be N of those. Look at night sky while you can, it won’t be for long at this pace.

              • potustheplant@feddit.nlEnglish
                2·
                22 hours ago

                You might be german, but you’re also kind of a dick :) “primitivism” has nothing to do with being against this. If you can’t understand it, then I’m not going to waste my time explaining it to you. You can research the issues of launching shit into space willy nilly yourself.

              • MaggiWuerze@feddit.orgEnglish
                2·
                24 hours ago

                You find it primitive to want to be able to study the universe from earth? Be it amateurs with their garden telescope or large professional installations. Even the current state already makes it hard to impossible to get decent images for science, that would only get worse.

                And I for one don’t see ‘better mobile coverage’ as worthy enough to sacrifice earth bound astronomy for it

          • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
            21·
            1 day ago

            Besides sky being totally polluted so one can’t even see stars and other natural objects any more, you do realize that more objects in space means more serious problems because of crowded space and debris flying around? And also debris falling on your head. But yes, we really need more satellites for whatever reason…

            • Jiral@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              12 hours ago

              These communication satellites are in relatively low orbit. They might be a temprorary problem but are cleared out quite fast when not actively maintained due to atmosphere drag and gravity. Problematic are the higher orbits.