Satellite Light Pollution
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Go outside and enjoy the night sky because it might be about to change.
That’s according to Dr. Samantha Lawler with the Physics Department at the University of Regina (Saskatchewan, Canada).
She explains that thousands of communications satellites are being launched over the next few years and one company alone, Starlink, is planning to launch 42,000 satellites in the next twenty years.
SpaceX’s Starlink is adding 60 new satellites every few weeks. Dr. Lawler explains that all of these satellites reflect the sun, which then muddies the view for astronomy research. Her prediction for the light pollution is that the worst of it will be at 50 degrees latitude North and South, which aligns with Regina, Calgary, Vancouver and Winnipeg, among others.
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