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Astronomers Fear Impact of Musk's Starlink on South Africa Mega-Telescope Observations
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Astronomers fear impact of Musk's Starlink on South Africa mega-telescope observations
CAPE TOWN :Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk's Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a senior scientist said.Discussions to bring Musk's internet service Starlink in South Africa have already b
Astronomers working with South Africa's groundbreaking Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope are pleading with the government to balance licensing agreements for Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service so that their sensitive observations are best served.
Slovak astronomers have just calculated the impact on the astronomical observatories of light diffused by the tiny space debris in low orbit whose quantity is growing exponentially as a result of the deployment of the megaconstellations of satellites. The study is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters. It is known that the growing population of artificial satellites and space debris pose problems both for space o…
Concerns Raised About The Effect Of Starlink On SA's Square Kilometre Array Telescope - Stuff South Africa
Having Starlink finally appear on the South African landscape could significantly change how some parts of the country function. BEE laws might alter (a bit), foreign investment policies could be modified, and folks might wind up having infrastructure-free internet access in remote locations. There’s one other segment that could have new issues to cope with: astronomy. South Africa’s astronomy program is a sophisticated one, particularly in the …
Astronomers fear impact of Musk’s Starlink on South Africa mega-telescope observations
Astronomers working with South Africa’s SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink will protect their groundbreaking observations, a senior scientist said. Discussions to bring Musk’s internet service Starlink in South Africa have already been contentious, with parent company SpaceX criticising local shareholding laws while backing equity equivalent […]
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