A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting “unintended” radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites.

These low-frequency radio waves, are being picked up by telescopes designed to scan that frequency range. That’s because this range also happens to be instrumental to deep space observations.

  • snowbell@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Hopefully they are as quick to fix this as they were when astronomers complained that the satellites were too bright.

    • rho50@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Did they ever satisfactorily resolve that issue, or did the media just stop covering it as aggressively? Last I heard they were trying to add solar shields to the satellites to reduce their albedo.