Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
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Researchers at Kyoto University have used orbital data from approximately 1,200 Starlink satellites to map atmospheric density at about 500 km above Earth, which could help reduce the risk of collisions in orbit. The researchers used orbital data from about 1,200 satellites to reconstruct how atmospheric density varies across the thermosphere, at about 500 kilometers above Earth. Hundreds of kilometers above Earth lies an atmospheric layer calle…
Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
Kyoto University researchers have used orbital data from roughly 1,200 Starlink satellites to map atmospheric density about 500km above Earth, which could help reduce risk of collisions in orbitResearchers have used orbital data from around 1,200 satellites to reconstruct how atmospheric density varies across the thermosphere at roughly 500 kilometres above Earth.Hundreds of kilometres above Earth there's a layer of atmosphere called the thermos…
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