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Musk says SpaceX 'fixes' brightness of satellites

Added	Sat, 22/08/2020
Источники	bbc.com
Дата публикации	Thu, 23/04/2020
Версии	Satellite

SpaceX CHIEF executive Elon Musk said the company was "correcting" the brightness of his company's satellites.

Astronomers around the world, including many Britons, have witnessed unusual constellations consisting of spaceships in low Earth orbit.

SpaceX is launching large batches of satellites as part of its Starlink project to improve global internet coverage.

Asked about the brightness of Starlink satellites on Twitter, Musk said it was due to the angle of the satellite's solar panels, and the company is "now fixing it."

The fix may make them less visible from Earth.