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Old 28-05-2019, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by AndyG View Post
These "Trains" I guess will break up, as they gradually deploy to an equidistant contellation, like GPS?
Hi Andy,

Out to mag 6.5, there are 9,096 naked eye stars.

Currently there are approximately 1,886 artificial satellites in Earth orbit.

The Starlink plan is to put in orbit approximately 12,000 satellites.

Several other companies have discussed having similar plans.
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