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TK-741 t1_iyaubeg wrote

Reply to comment by KonigVonMurmeltiere in Astronomers Worldwide Troubled by New 'Cell Phone Towers in Space' by IslandChillin

Wow, I hope that the proposal is rejected or shelved or something. These seem like issues that are absolutely not acceptable for anyone.

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Woody3000v2 t1_iybeaaa wrote

They've already approved testing and the launch was approved prior. The benefits of having global 5g coverage from an economic, environmental, national defense, and efficiency perspective outweigh brightness issues (which may be addressed) and interference issues (which is why they're testing with BW3 before launching 300 satellites).

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