New electronic devices designed to power antennas of the world's largest radio telescope are so quiet that they'll cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.
New electronic devices designed to power antennas of the world s largest radio telescope are so quiet that they ll cause less disturbance than a mobile phone on the moon.
Astronomy & Astrophysics published a research paper recently that looked at "Unintended Electromagnetic Radiation from Starlink Satellites." The study was done in conjunction with the Low-Frequency Array (LOFAR) telescope in the Netherlands. The LOFAR telescope is a network of over forty radio antennas spread across the Netherlands, Germany, and the rest of Europe.
The amount of radiation leaking from SpaceX s Starlinks is enough enough to be mistaken as radio waves from distant celestial objects and hinder scientific discoveries.