Dr. Alexandre Santerne 🌍<p>The <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/night" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>night</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sky</span></a> in 2023.</p><p>This shocking <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> was obtained from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> (<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>) over 17 minutes. It reveals the crazy number of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/satellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satellites</span></a> orbiting the <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>. Most of them are <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/StarLink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarLink</span></a> (from <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> / <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>) and aim at providing internet to some remote places. </p><p>StarLink is not the only project for space-based <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>: there are also <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Kuiper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kuiper</span></a> (<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>), <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/oneWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oneWeb</span></a>, <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Iris2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iris2</span></a> (<span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span>), etc... which will send even more satellites into <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> </p><p>Credits: Matt C. Jackson</p>