The dawn of annoyingly massive satellites is upon us, shielding our views of the shimmering cosmos.
The satellites arrays connect directly to standard smartphones at broadband speeds, but that innovation comes at a price.
However, after deploying its antenna array, itsbrightness increased by about two magnitudes.
An illustration of the BlueWalker satellite in Earth orbit.AST Spacembile
Unfortunately, now theres five more of them.
The new space race doesnt need to create massive space waste.
AST SpaceMobile isnt the only company trying to build cellular towers in space.
Amazon, OneWeb, and Lynk Global are other companies trying to get in on the action.
Those satellites, however, have a major impact that cant be ignored.
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