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Letter: Sunshine satellite plan is a blast from the past

Published 14 January 2026

From Peter Slessenger, Reading, Berkshire, UK

Your article “Satellites to provide sunshine on demand” reminded me of a similar proposal reported by Âé¶¹´«Ã½ in 1998. You kindly printed my letter at that time pointing out that many species of animal use the moon to determine the time to moult or spawn, or use it as a navigation aid when migrating, and these should be considered when deciding whether to allow such satellites (3 January, p 11).

Has Reflect Orbital solved these problems, or just not thought of them?

Issue no. 3578 published 17 January 2026

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