Satellites leak noise that interferes with telescopes and GPS. Here’s how to fix it

Less than a decade ago, there were about 2,000 operational satellites orbiting Earth. Today there are more than 15,000. Millions more are planned.

Much has been made of the “space junk” problem these satellites create.

But there’s another problem that has received much less attention: the radio noise…

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