Miroslav Kocifaj

“They found that within the beam’s target area, intended to be a circular patch five kilometers across, a single Reflect Orbital satellite would appear about 40 times brighter than the full moon in th…”

“As far as 14 kilometers away from the center of the beam, the satellite would still be as bright as the full moon.”

“Combining the beams of 400 satellites, which Reflect Orbital eventually plans to do, would yield a light as bright as 10,000 full moons within the five-kilometer area, or 2.4% as bright as the sun.”

“Even up to 80 kilometers away, Kocifaj and his colleagues calculated, this combined beam would be visible as “a glow above the horizon," he says.”