'Huge increase' in the number of satellites orbiting the world

Increasingly, if you look up at the night sky, what you're seeing isn't a star but a something manmade. Since 2019, the amount of satellites orbiting our world has increased four fold, and in the coming years up to 400,000 of them could be in orbit. Antonio Martin Carrillo, Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at UCD joined Sean on the show to discuss...

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11.15 8 Feb 2023

'Huge increase' in t...

'Huge increase' in the number of satellites orbiting the world

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11.15 8 Feb 2023

Increasingly, if you look up at the night sky, what you're seeing isn't a star but a something manmade. Since 2019, the amount of satellites orbiting our world has increased four fold, and in the coming years up to 400,000 of them could be in orbit.

Antonio Martin Carrillo, Assistant Professor in the School of Physics at UCD joined Sean on the show to discuss...

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