This image is a composite of all satellite detections from one camera for one night of the six making up the satellite tracking array camera. (Image by Michael Mazur)
This image is a composite of all satellite detections from one camera for one night of the six making up the satellite tracking array camera. (Image by Michael Mazur) As satellite count surges, Western team uses meteor tracking camera tech to track where they are in Earth's orbit As predicted by Captain Kirk, space is indeed the final frontier. But imagine if Starfleet couldn't launch the U.S.S. Enterprise because there was a traffic jam in Earth's orbit causing congestion or, worse, gridlock. Welcome to 2023. The growth of satellite constellations, mainly privatized, has exploded in recent years. It is nearly impossible to look up and not see a satellite with the naked eye any time after dusk.
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