Rocket launches have long been nothing special for SpaceX: The US space company launched its own satellites into space last Sunday 60 on Wednesday the next one 60. But this routine and this speed are also necessary, because Elon Musk’s company wants to build a previously unprecedented satellite network. Several thousand and later tens of thousands of satellites are supposed to set up Starlink and provide the most remote places in the world with Internet access.

That didn’t sound very realistic just a few years ago, but it looks different now. SpaceX has almost 900 launched satellites, imitators like OneWeb and Amazon want to follow suit with their own offers. Meanwhile, astronomers and stargazers are waking up, expressing their concerns that the night sky will soon be too full. We’ll talk about this in a new #heiseshow.

What exactly are SpaceX & Co. planning and for whom? What is the schedule, what is the state of affairs? How useful is the satellite internet and does it really need several networks? What is the criticism of the astronomers? What do the quantities of satellites mean for astronomy, which disciplines are affected? How did SpaceX react to the contradiction, what can the company change? What are the dangers in orbit due to the rapidly growing number of satellites? What is SpaceX doing against space debris?

Martin Holland (@fingolas) from heise online will answer these and many other questions – including the audience – live with c’t editor Michael Link (@ ksmichel2) in one discuss new episode of #heiseshow.

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