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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsELON MUSK'S STARLINK INTERNET DISHES ARE ATTRACTING CATS
Looks like SpaceXs Starlink Elon Musks bid to establish his space company as a heavyweight internet service provider using constellations of small satellites receiver dishes are attracting local cats on cold days. In a recent Starlink customers tweet, we counted at least five cats cuddled up on one of the dishes, apparently to stay warm and take advantage of the heat it produces.
Starlink works great until the cats find out that the dish gives off a little heat on cold days, Twitter user Aaron Taylor tweeted on New Years Eve.
Starlink is SpaceXs internet service that uses orbital satellites, some of which recently kicked off an international incident after the Chinese space station had to swerve out of their way but there may be no avoiding the cute, terrestrial feline infestation as long as the dishes arent in use.
he dishes appear to be attracting felines when their Snow Melt Mode is engaged, according to Tesmanian. Its possible the dishes also attract other small critters, and one Reddit user even went so far as to use thermal imaging to determine why animals may congregate around their dish.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/starlink-dishes-cats?ref=thefuturist
Jerry2144
(2,046 posts)Unfortunately, due to a math error, his design attracts those who are truly seeking world domination. Or at least a warm nap spot.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,807 posts)lame54
(35,141 posts)Silent3
(15,020 posts)Good thing this inter-webs thing was just a fad, anyway.
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,327 posts)Hurting the cats
3catwoman3
(23,820 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 4, 2022, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)
My cats will go to any source of warmth, no matter how minimal. A current favorite spot is under the Christmas 🎄 when the lights are on.
Xoan
(25,294 posts)STARLINK SATELLITES HAVE CAUSED HALF OF THE NEAR-COLLISIONS IN ORBIT, AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS POISED TO GROW.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-starlink-satellites-crashes-orbit