Mid-Kent Astronomical Society - Dr. Robert Massey - A Cluttered and noisy sky
Bredhurst Village Hall Bredhurst, Gillingham, Kent, United Kingdom65 years ago the Soviet Union placed the first satellite in space. There are now around 5,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO), the region up to 2,000 km above the ground, and their deployment is accelerating. 2019 saw the launch of Starlink, a satellite constellation built and launched by SpaceX, a system that on its […]