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 @7d839974 Almost all the satellites you can see with your eyes now are Starlinks.  Nicely demonstrated in this awful/beautiful photo: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220614.html 
 @e38e83a6 @7d839974 There are other companies trying to launch their own large constellations of communications satellites, including OneWeb and Amazon Kuiper. Starlink is moving faster but not the only culprit. 
 @14969cc1 @7d839974 Astronomers are painfully aware of this fact https://planet4589.org/space/con/conlist.html 
 @e38e83a6 @7d839974 Insane … 
 @e38e83a6 @7d839974 Wait'll they all crash into each other... No satellites, no space travel for decades! Fun, fun! #KesslerSyndrome