Starlink "Darksat"
Taken by Thierry Legault on February 22, 2020 @
Rambouillet, France
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Is "Darksat" really darker?
Saturday morning at astronomical twilight, I filmed the passage of a group of Starlink satellites at their final altitude (550 km).
On the images, "Darksat" (supposed to be less reflective thanks to a special coating) is one of the brightest.
On the images covering more than 80° on the sky (from Lyra to Bootes), these satellites reach magnitude 2.5, which is even brighter than I expected!
We are still waiting for effective albedo reduction measures, and in the meantime the launches continue...
Photographer's website:
https://www.astrophoto.fr
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