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A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggests the satellites are emitting "unintended" radiation from the electronics onboard the satellites.

These low-frequency radio waves, are being picked up by telescopes designed to scan that frequency range. That's because this range also happens to be instrumental to deep space observations.

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[-] Haatveit@beehaw.org 7 points 11 months ago

They do also use an antireflective coating/paint on the satellites now, which had helped quite a lot.

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