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One of the satellites in yesterday's launch has a test visor system that should make it invisible to the naked eye once it has precessed into it's final orbit (which takes a couple months). If successful they'll apply it to all satellites so only the small portion of the constellation launched to date will be visible during dawn & dusk. The lifespan of these satellites is 5 years.



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