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by ajuc 1605 days ago
Is there any sense in using internet providing sattelites for astronomy? Like if starlink published it's noise data from all sattelites in realtime could it be used as one huge radiotelescope?
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Probably pretty difficult to find too many compelling cases. The bands starlink transmits in are designated communication bands, so interference from other satellites is going to be so high that it will drown out any signals. There are astronomers working on removing this foreground, but it's really difficult! It's actually becoming quite a problem in radio astronomy with the amount of the electromagnetic spectrum that is quiet enough for science.