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Elon Musk and his space agency SpaceX is set to launch a new batch of Starlink satellites this month. Due to good weather conditions, SpaceX has moved the launch date of the new set of satellites earlier.
Express reports that the private space agency announced that it will be launching its new set of Starlink satellites on Wednesday, April 22nd, instead of Thursday, April 23rd due to the good weather conditions. “With a more favorable weather forecast for launch and landing, now targeting Wednesday, April 22 at 3:37 p.m. EDT for this week’s Falcon 9 Starlink mission,” said the space firm via Twitter.
The Starlink satellites were introduced as an effort to provide internet to users all over the world as well as for military, scientific, and exploratory purposes. SpaceX hopes to launch 12,000 satellites and so far 362 have been launched. These satellites are launched 60 at a time, from an unmanned Falcon 9 spacecraft.
This effort has been met with criticism, especially from astronomers and other scientists as the satellites may have obscured the view of stars and even appear brighter than stars or other celestial objects. These satellites have also been mistaken for unidentified flying objects or UFOs. According to Denis Vida of the University of Western Ontario in his blog, “One has to be concerned how will our skies look like when hearing that there are plans to launch a total of 42,000 satellites. This might completely deny us to do any optical meteor observations as soon as 2024.”
Astronomers from Earth were not the only ones who may have been bothered by the Starlink satellites that are in orbit. It was previously reported that astronauts from the International Space Station have caught a glance of these satellites in space. The ISS was passing over the Indian ocean with its cameras pointed to Antarctica where some auroras were occurring. Above the stunning green lights were white dots that were going higher as seen in the photos snapped by the space laboratory.
Marco Langbroek, a satellite expert was able to identify these satellites. “These are all objects from the 17 February 2020 launch a.k.a Starlink-4” wrote Langbroek in his blog.
