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Huge new satellite outshines nearly every star in the sky (www.nature.com)
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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

They are at almost the same altitude, 540 km vs 550 km. There is probably almost never a starlink sat in view for the Hubble, they would need top be right on to of each other, the satellite would pass by at a very high speed and you wouldn't see another for days.