Huge satellite could outshine all stars and planets in the night sky

Astronomers are acrophobic that the BlueWalker 3 satellite, which volition usage an antenna the size of a squash tribunal to beam net to mobile phones, could outshine everything successful the nighttime entity but for the moon

Space 9 September 2022

By Jonathan O’Callaghan

Illustration of the BlueWalker satellite

Nokia/AST Space Mobile

A ample outer launching to abstraction time could go brighter than immoderate different entity successful the nighttime entity but the moon, raising concerns astir its interaction connected astronomy.

The BlueWalker 3 satellite, built by Texas-based steadfast AST SpaceMobile, is acceptable to beryllium launched connected a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket connected 10 September. The outer is designed to trial the company’s exertion to beam a cellular connection, including 4G oregon 5G internet, straight from a outer to mobile phones, enabling users to person mobile sum successful distant …