{"id":759145,"date":"2026-07-12T20:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759145\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T20:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T20:48:21","slug":"in-2026-the-fcc-authorized-radio-operations-for-reflect-orbitals-first-18-metre-space-mirror-a-single-demonstration-for-a-proposed-50000-satellite-system-that-one-astronomy-model-says-coul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/759145\/","title":{"rendered":"In 2026, the FCC authorized radio operations for Reflect Orbital\u2019s first 18-metre space mirror, a single demonstration for a proposed 50,000-satellite system that one astronomy model says could raise the natural night-sky background by 200% to 300% – Space Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2026, the FCC authorized radio operations for Reflect Orbital\u2019s first 18-metre space mirror, a single demonstration for a proposed 50,000-satellite system that one astronomy model says could raise the natural night-sky background by 200% to 300%<\/a>  Space DailyF.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry<\/a>  The New York TimesThe U.S. just approved a giant space mirror to test \u2018sunlight on demand.\u2019 Low Earth orbit is getting weird<\/a>  The ConversationFCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite<\/a>  SpaceNewsFCC approves orbital space mirrors, first test satellites will launch this year \u2014 large spacecraft reflects sunlight to Earth\u2019s surface for construction sites, search-and-rescue lighting, and more<\/a>  Tom’s Hardware<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In 2026, the FCC authorized radio operations for Reflect Orbital\u2019s first 18-metre space mirror, a single demonstration for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":740090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-759145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}