Recent space studies manage to attract the attention of people of all ages. The increase in commercial satellites also affects the sky. One of the satellites that interests astronomers closely is Bluewalker 3. The massive satellite Bluewalker 3, launched into low Earth orbit, became one of the brightest objects in the sky. Here are the emerging details!
Bluewalker 3 has the brightness of Procyon, the eighth brightest star!
The sky at night; filled with light from stars, planets and other celestial bodies. These lights revealed that the brightest object visible from Earth is a communication satellite that resembles a Tetris block.
As a result of this research, Bluwalker 3 became one of the brightest objects. It also has the brightness of Procyon, the eighth brightest star currently visible from Earth. The reason for this is that it has a large body area of 64 square meters and light reflecting capacity.
On the other hand, only Jupiter, the Moon, Venus and seven stars are said to be brighter than Bluewalker 3. This bright and obvious occurrence is not liked by astronomers. The reason for this is that such objects harm sky studies.
Bluewalker 3, which is part of the 5G communication system developed by AST SpaceMobile, is considered the largest commercial antenna system positioned in low Earth orbit. Researchers; He says efforts are being made by the aviation industry, astronomers and others to reduce the impact of such satellites.
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