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Now that I learned that Starlink doesn't like the term "megaconstellation", I feel a little burst of spite-fuelled dopamine every time I use it, which is as often as I possibly can.

Megaconstellation, megaconstellation, megaconstellation. So there.

in reply to Prof. Sam Lawler

Carly Sagan
Carly Sagan
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why don’t they like it? I’d think they’d enjoy the idea of being named after a means of celestial navigation
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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
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@carlysagan They apparently don't like it because they think it's "exaggerating" the problem. HA HA HA HA

So, use megaconstellation everywhere you can, and know it's mildly annoying some corporate goon somewhere.

@Carly Sagan
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realityCzar
realityCzar
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@carlysagan I have a colleague that used to work at OneWeb who also objects to this usage, supposedly because “mega means million”. TBF, he’s a universal pedant and I love him, but this is mock-worthy.
@Carly Sagan
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Prof. Sam Lawler
Prof. Sam Lawler
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@realityczar @carlysagan Well, corporations have plans to get us to get up to a million (non-paywalled version of a Science article): outerspaceinstitute.ca/osisite…

(side note: there is no freaking way you can safely have a million satellites in low-earth orbit)

@Carly Sagan @realityCzar
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JR Holmes
JR Holmes
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Well, with only a few thousand satellites, it might be more appropriate to call it a "kiloconstellation".

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