SpaceX Satellites Interfere With Astronomical Observation

SpaceX Satellites Interfere With Astronomical Observation
People watch the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 second-generation Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Cocoa Beach, Fla., on Feb. 27, 2023. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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Scientists using a low-frequency telescope in Europe observed that SpaceX’s satellites were emitting a radio frequency via their onboard electronics that can interfere with astronomical observations.

According to a study’s press release published in the Astronomy and Astrophysics academic journal, scientists used the LOFAR telescope in the Netherlands to detect any low-frequency radio waves that could interfere with radio astronomy, or in other words, with astronomical observations based on receiving faint radio signals from outer space.

Efthymis Oraiopoulos
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