After Unfurling Its Massive Array, Commercial Satellite Becomes as Bright as Orion's Stars
by Passant Rabie from on (#65VW0)
Since its launch in September, the BlueWalker 3 satellite has had anxious observers watching the skies in anticipation of its full deployment. Now, the prototype satellite has fully stretched out its massive array of antennas, significantly increasing its brightness and posing a threat to astronomers' views of the...