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      10 months ago

      Any satellite would provide interference, and the earth naturally has its own, so that’s a non-factor, when the best results can only be had in space.

      Radio astronomy isn’t exactly a home hobbies thing if you didn’t know….

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        410 months ago

        There is also the fact that the starlink satellites are depleting the ozone layer, in case you haven’t decided we should remove these things yet.

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        410 months ago

        And radio telescopes aren’t exactly compact enough to build in space. Radio telescope arrays tend to be fields withs dozens-hundreds of dishes several meters across.