Vol 2 Chapter 1034: The "Starlink" satellite network disgusted by many people

You said that in this case, the space exploration company will take the initiative to provoke the Infinite Gravity Group. This kind of thing will be almost the same unless the entire senior management of their company is brainless.
Although the market value of the space exploration company has not declined in recent years due to technical reasons, it has risen to its current high market value due to various capital operations.
But their company has offended many people for this business plan. Many people, including communication operators, astronomers, and governments of various countries, are very disgusted with this plan.
Does Infinite Gravity Group not have more advanced satellite communication technology? How could it be possible that their own communication system is at least ten years more advanced than other countries' communication systems, but even so, Infinite Gravity Group has not intervened in the communication industry.
Because the communication industry is very sensitive no matter which country it is in, and the supervision is very strict. Although Lei Tiantang is not afraid of trouble, he does not want to wrestle with people on communication security and information security every day. It's very.
He has no shortage of money and no means to make money, so why should he go to this muddy water?
And if the space exploration company does not have the support of the old American government and the old American military, it would be impossible for them to successfully launch so many satellites into space orbit!
According to the latest data from the United Nations satellite registration website, there are currently about 5,800 artificial satellites still in orbit, but within this number, the Starlink satellites of the Space Exploration Company occupy 2,300.
Even if the Starlink satellite network of the Space Exploration Company follows the previous plan of 12,000 satellites, it will increase this number by nearly three times.
In similar projects, "Starlink" is not the only participant. So many satellites are competing for the natural starry sky, which has aroused a lot of criticism in the astronomy community.
A frequently cited example is a large integrated survey telescope worth US$466 million, 8 meters wide and equipped with a 3.2 billion pixel camera, built in Chile, which was originally used to quickly scan the sky in the 1920s.
However, with the formation of the Starlink satellite group, many images taken with this telescope have been "contaminated", and photos taken with long exposures may contain dozens of satellite moving trajectory stripes.
The large-scale survey telescope simulated the impact of 42,000 Starlink satellites on observations in the future, and found that 30% of the images will contain at least one satellite track.
These satellite devices that "clog" space angered astronomers, who found it increasingly difficult to observe space from the ground because the reflected light from the satellite blocked the view.
Some space agencies even consider letting companies like Space Exploration Corporation pay for each satellite launched, hoping to reduce the spread of
space junk
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The main reason for Infinite Gravity Group’s dislike of the Starlink satellite system of the Space Exploration Company is also from this, because it is obvious that the company’s terrestrial observatory is also suffering from it when it explores the universe.
It's just that as the company sends more space probes to the earth's orbit and further into space, and even after building a large-scale astronomical telescope detection system on the moon, the company's astronomers don't bother to wrestle with them.
Because at this time the company’s ground-based observation system has changed from the initial main exploration method to an auxiliary exploration method. It is better to devote your energy to exploring the universe if you have the time to go. A lot of influence.
This kind of influence can be solved by the company's wealth and technology, but the astronomers in the various observatories that have worked hard to build with grants, donations, and fundraising everywhere cannot accept this.
Launching outer space probes is not a simple matter for them. The ground-based observatory is still their main observation method, so they are most disgusted with this kind of satellites that drift by.
The International Astronomical Union issued a statement long ago expressing concerns and protests that such projects may damage the natural sky and interfere with the frequency of radio astronomy. In the statement, the association described this space frontier as "new , And basically unregulated."
Since no one thought that the number of satellite launches would grow so fast, regulation has not kept up with this nascent field. The reason why space exploration companies are moving so fast is partly because they are taking advantage of the current regulatory vacuum before the rules appear. , Seize the opportunity to the greatest extent.
Another question is, does the communications satellite project need to be so large? In their view, the only reason for launching more satellites than actually needed is to show off, because from the public and funding point of view, more is better.
However, the Space Exploration Company and the old US military reached an agreement long ago to use the Starlink satellite group of the Space Exploration Company to conduct communication tests for the old US Army.
The Space Exploration Company agreed to the US Army’s communications test for the company’s "Starlink" low-orbit broadband constellation. After all, this satellite system will consist of thousands or even tens of thousands of satellites. If it is integrated into the existing US military system , It is bound to bring huge improvements to the US military’s communications security and monitoring system.
And after many rounds of test results are good, after the old U.S. military has begun to use these satellites, the space exploration company has obviously obtained the permission of the old U.S. government and military to have greater freedom to "contaminate" space, otherwise they It is also impossible for the company to launch 2,300 satellites in just a few years~EbookFREE.me~ After all, Lao Mei will do anything for "national security", no matter how boring the reasons given, this is also The reason why the various protests of the governments and the astronomical institutions are not very effective.
This is why Lei Tiantang and Jiang Yuting judged that the old American government and military were behind the crash and destruction of their company's satellite.
After all, it is not the first time that the old American government has been so crazy. Long ago, the old American government had implemented a plan even crazier than the Starlink satellite network, that is, the West Ford Needle Project.
In order to compete with the former Soviet Union for space development capabilities during the Cold War, the US government planned to drop 430 million copper needles in space. The purpose was to use these high-density space metal objects to help the US spread its short- and medium-wave radios in space. signal.
But the result was a slap in the face of Lao Mei. It didn't take long for these copper needles to deviate from orbit after being launched into space, and many of them fell into the atmosphere and burned. Later, the United States investigated the cause and discovered that it turned out that scientists did not consider the impact of light pressure on copper needles.
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