[reaperducer]

It's interesting to see so many of these satellites are listed as "Bright" in my area.

Before the launches, the HN crowd promised repeatedly that nobody would be able to see these satellites and they would not change the night sky at all, and that that looking up in wonder is only something that old people and luddites do, because nothing is more important than global always-on sacred holy internet access.

[jmu1234567890]

They are only bright for an initial period after launch.

[iso1210]

While that's true, it's likely there's always going to be at least some trains that are visible even after full deployment as new satelites are launched to replace old ones

Starship will launch say 400 to LEO (rather than 60 as now), could it launch 100 to a higher orbit to reduce the impact? More starship launches (good for proving), and as the satelites deploy at a higher altitude they'll be darker