Modern life demands easy, cheap, and reliable internet connectivity. Realities of terrain limitations, company infrastructures, and financial demands have created dead zones. The modern attitude has moved away from being chained to a desk with a computer screen, cpu, and accessories to being mobile and immediate. The STARLINK system has been the solution - involving the launching of at least 12,000 small satellite units to form grids around the globe to support the need for strong, reliable and immediate connectivity.
On the pro side is that it should be more reliable, immediate, accessible and inexpensive. The negative side is that it will limit the natural resource of the dark sky, weave a web of artificial communication systems around the planet, and have the potential to be the next "coal mines" "oil rigs", "toxic waste", and "wind farm" environmental disasters. Plus, anyone who ever saw the movie "Terminator" with its underlying story of a satellites and AI eliminating humanity....has to get a chill with the running amuck of a grid of satellites and an evolving AI already in existence that lacks any ethical or moral guidelines.
Now, with the increased interest in sky watching to see UAPs the fact that people are not as engaged with real time events as they might be is clearly evident. Lacking the authoritative forces of past generations - (1) a vetted, balanced, and researched newspaper or news source, (2) quality, current, and accessible local library resources and professionals, and (3) a trustworthy, public good focused, government, the results are dismaying. Information is found via asking friends or group members which often results in the blind leading the blind. Information searching is avoided in favor of disseminated information (I won't read about it - just tell me). Deep complexities are avoided and the demand is for a simple, easy answer that requires no thought, evidence comparison, or hearing opposing views.
Thus -
People keep reporting these strange strings of lights in the sky. What are they? Even when they are explained away there is often something that they refuse to accept.
Tracking apps are being reported as not reporting sightings in an area. Not all apps are equal and they might be overwhelmed by the sheer number of objects being launched. The sats are a money-making component of the companies' broader plans after all.
- As of February 2023, there are over 3,580 Starlink satellites in orbit.
- Of these, 3,236 are operational.
- SpaceX has launched over 4,000 Starlink satellites into space.
- Nearly 12,000 satellites are planned to be deployed, with a possible later extension to 42,000.
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