A journalist in Brazil asked me for a satellite light pollution map for São Paulo with SpaceX's awful million "AI data center" satellite plan. So, here you go. Compared with Starlink, which isn't visible at all from latitude 23 south at midnight on the summer solstice, there will be more than FOURTEEN THOUSAND naked-eye visible satellites from this SpaceX monstrosity.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/52b747c9-7490-4a98-9784-d49be26cdaf6/a-journalist-in-brazil-asked-me-for-a-satellite-light-pollution-map-for-são-paulo-with-spacex-s-awful-million-ai-data-center-satellite-plan.RSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 01:56:13 GMTWed, 15 Apr 2026 18:01:07 GMT60@sundogplanets makes sitting out snuggling with your loved one while camping on a dark night looking up into the sky and saying “wtaf did they do”, can not see one star in the sky!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Rickd6/statuses/116411180846869031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/Rickd6/statuses/116411180846869031Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:54:13 GMT@hannorein Oh excellent!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116410950955985426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116410950955985426Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:55:45 GMT@sundogplanets I'll speak with him tomorrow

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hannorein/statuses/116410920890198071https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/hannorein/statuses/116410920890198071Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:48:06 GMT@sundogplanets Fuckin plotting to commit UNFIXABLE crime in broad daylight and our "representatives" would only ask, "How many $$ do you need?"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bewilderbeast23/statuses/116410761561879064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bewilderbeast23/statuses/116410761561879064Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:07:35 GMT@drs1969 @sundogplanets yeah. Science diagrams don't hit the feels.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116410279179452987https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/dbat/statuses/116410279179452987Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:04:54 GMT@EricFielding THANK YOU for pointing that out! That is the correct way to say that (it won't happen - we'll be in full Kessler Syndrome long before we get to this many satellites. Still a useful exercise to show how ludicrous it is.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116410233073750863https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sundogplanets/statuses/116410233073750863Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:53:11 GMT@sundogplanets I don't even know how to imagine that. The sky would be infested with these wretched things. I wonder if anyone could simulate this in Stellarium? Might help to show how appalling it will be?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/drs1969/statuses/116410128714442395https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/drs1969/statuses/116410128714442395Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:26:38 GMT@sundogplanets That is shocking, but I would use “would be” instead of “will be” for the million-satellite constellation. It may never happen.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EricFielding/statuses/116410091909182733https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/EricFielding/statuses/116410091909182733Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:17:17 GMT@sundogplanets @nrc_nl

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