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- 1Astronomers warn plan for 50,000 orbital mirrors would be catastrophic●"'They're saying we want to launch 50,000 mirrors by 2035,' Benvenuti said. 'That would be catastrophic for astronomy, t
US regulators have granted approval to Reflect Orbital, a company planning to launch tens of thousands of orbiting mirrors that would reflect sunlight to Earth at night, marketed as 'sunlight as a service'. Astronomers are alarmed, with researcher Benvenuti warning the goal of 50,000 mirrors in orbit by 2035 would be catastrophic for astronomy by brightening the night sky and disrupting observations.