It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's... An Orbiting Space Billboard

No space is safe anymore, not even outer space. Apart from the light pollution that many urban cities around the world are emitting, a Russian startup called StartRocket had said that they want to launch space billboards. As if we don't have enough ads invading our everyday lives, now this would even prevent us from seeing the stars at night.

(Image credit: StartRocket via Futurism)


The ISS is 73mx109m, orbits in low Earth orbit range (340km) and appears as a little dot to the naked eye. So how big would something need to be to be readable to the naked eye in LEO? If you wanted park the ad in a geostationary orbit it would need to be out at 35,786km which I am thinking means you would need something REALLY BIG.
I hate the idea but something tells me these guys haven't thought this one through enough.
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