For a few months, the “phenomenon” had almost become part of the nighttime landscape. But it continues to generate curiosities and fuel discussions on social networks, as is the case in the skies of Riviera and Var, over which on Friday evening a caterpillar of “mysterious” light flies.
This luminous streak, slowly moving across the sky, actually corresponds to a fleet of satellites belonging to SpaceX, owned by the eccentric boss of X and Tesla Elon Musk.
Starlink what is it?
Starlink is a file Giant satellite system It was developed in 2015 with the goal of providing high speed internet connection to the most isolated areas on earth.
Thus, the Starlink constellation consists of thousands of telecommunications satellites that are currently in orbit. Recently, SpaceX plans to ship at least 42,000 To cover the entire planet…
Controversial design: In addition to the chaos that arises among operators, the multiplication of these artificial objects in the sky can complicate the work of professional astronomers, whose observations of the sky will in fact be contaminated by the reflection of the light of these satellites. The question of the number of debris or even the risk of collisions between space objects was also raised.
