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Satellite Trails Contaminate 73% of SPHEREx Space Telescope Images
Key Takeaways
- 73.3% of SPHEREx images from May to September last year contained satellite trails.
- Average 2.18 trails per exposure, concentrated in X-patterns matching megaconstellation orbits.
- Satellite brightness triggers SPHEREx's cosmic ray protection, creating railroad tracks in data.
- Hubble also saw a rise in satellite trails from 2.8% to 5.9% between early 2000s and 2021.
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