VIDEO. Starlink satellites invite themselves into the night sky - 20 Minutes

With global containment, air traffic is almost at a standstill. During the day, no more white streaks of condensation left by airliners to scratch the sky. The latter is once again a virgin, original. By day, yes. But at night?

If the coronavirus pandemic has a lot of impact on Earth, in space, it does not seem to be the case. Traffic seems to be dangerously increasing there. As proof, this train of satellites which follow each other in line leu and at constant speed observed in England (but also in France) Tuesday.

Potentially 42,000 additional satellites

These satellites are part of Elon Musk's Starlink program, which should enable the tycoon to offer high-speed Internet to the whole world. On Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket deployed sixty new satellites to space.

Since May 2019, the date of the start of the deployment, some 360 ​​satellites have already been launched. Elon Musk has already received authorization to deploy 12,000 from the US authorities and has filed a frequency request for 30,000 additional satellites.

When an additional 42,000 satellites revolve around the earth, looking up at the starry sky may well not send you back to the origins of the world.

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  • Elon Musk
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  • High-Tech
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  • SpaceX