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One of the Brightest Stars in the Sky is Actually a Satellite


70s, kids used to look up at the summer sky and try to be the first one to shout, "Satellite!" That seems like a relic from the past now, alongside Polaroid cameras and astronauts on the Moon. These days, it's rare to spend any amount of time looking at the sky without seeing a satellite, or several of them.

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