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Russian Start-Up Plans To Advertise Using Gigantic Space Billboards That Would Be Visible From Earth—But Astronomers Aren't Here For It

Russian Start-Up Plans To Advertise Using Gigantic Space Billboards That Would Be Visible From Earth—But Astronomers Aren't Here For It
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We're bombarded by advertisements these days. Whether it's TV commercials, billboards, or ads on social media platforms, they are unavoidable. Now a Russian start up wants to make them even more unavoidable.


StartRocket is looking into creating clusters of satellites. Each one would reflect light from the sun and act like a gigantic pixel to allow advertisers to beam messages down to Earth.

The StarRocket website says...

"Space has to be beautiful. With the best brands our sky will amaze us every night."

The CEO of StarRocket, Vlad Sitnikov, developed the idea with the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology in Moscow. They aim to have the technology ready by next year.

A video of what the 'orbital display' may look like was uploaded to Vimeo by Sitnikov.

However, what remains unclear is how the project will be funded, and how it will work in practice. Additionally, since these ads would be viewed by billions of people across hundreds of countries, it is also unclear how this would be handled legally.

Astronomer Patrick Seitzer from the University of Michigan also pointed out this potential issue.

"Active propulsion will be necessary. The large Mylar sails will be effective as drag sails, and thus the CubeSats will decay from orbit in a short time. Thus, one has to constantly replenish the constellation."

He went on to explain that the advertisements would only work when the giant pixels are able to reflect light from the sun and those back on earth are in darkness. Otherwise, they will be invisible. StarRocket claims it has solutions to both of these issues.

People weren't in love with the idea.




Though some were intrigued.


And many saw how inevitable it is no matter what the public has to say about it.



Unfortunately, space advertising is probably only a matter of time.

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