. And now, seemingly unable to catch a break after thirty years of loyal service, the Hubble's having some trouble peering through an increasingly crowded sky., more and more images captured by Hubble are being tainted by satellites in orbit, which have drastically shot up in number since the telescope launched in 1990.
From 2009 to 2020, the odds of a satellite appearing in a Hubble image sat at 3.7 percent. But just one year later in 2021, that number dramatically shot up to 5.9 percent. The culprit for the increase, naturally, were the many Starlink satellites launchedthat time period. Since the study's cutoff in 2021, the amount of Starlink satellites in orbit has more than doubled to over 3,500.
I wonder if Oneweb and Amazon are going to be any better.
Hubble has been drifting closer to earth, from its position 360 miles above earth, which is further than the 340 miles of Starlink satellites. Hubble is currently about 332 miles, and is in need of a push back into a higher orbit.
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