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Comment by KeplerBoy

1 year ago

so not in the middle of the night.

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CrazyStat  1 year ago

That depends on the altitude. GPS satellites at 10000km can be lit up in the middle of the night. Starlink satellites at 500km can’t.

  • KeplerBoy  1 year ago

    Ah yes, of course you're right. After all the moon is nothing but a satellite either.

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