[Justme11]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6P4qVV1Bk

No reason stated. it will stay put with respect to the Sun, and shine light down on Earth.

Might become a useful navigation aid?

 

[DWwolf]

IIRC Nasa has done similar experiments.
I think the idea was to provide light in disaster relief scenarios.

 

[Baddogg5]

not enough lights in the sky............waste money and add more light at the same time.......Obama would have done it but Russians beat him to the stupid first

 

[Ice24]

With the amount of small debris out in that level of orbit and meteorites that regularly break up as they get closer to earth how long could that thing possibly last before it gets shredded to bits? I bet its effectiveness would be lucky to last 48 hours.

Also that youtube narrator sounds like a tool.

 

[The Old Coach]

With the amount of small debris out in that level of orbit and meteorites that regularly break up as they get closer to earth how long could that thing possibly last before it gets shredded to bits? I bet its effectiveness would be lucky to last 48 hours.

How is it then that several dozen communications satellites stay alive?

 

[Ice24]

How is it then that several dozen communications satellites stay alive?

Well first of all there's over two thousand man made satellites in orbit but more importantly they aren't made of a "polymer film 20 times thinner than human hair" like this Russian science project.

 

[Justme11]

the "star" sounds like it is essentially a space blanket somehow formed into a certain shape. Probably just an add-on to a mission doing something worthwhile.

I think it would be neat to be able to look up and see a manmade star.

the guy with the Youtube channel is actually a good source of unfiltered news, and is very fast in reporting on things. Give him a break. He does the channel in his free time from his real job and is just a poor guy trying to make a difference in the world. Yes, he sounds a little goofy and believes in some odd stuff. But I like his speed and uncensored reports. Especially in this age of 100% controlled news.

 

[JDH]

Why an I suddenly hearing the James Bond villain theme music?

 

[usmountains]

Nobody spends a few hundred million to send up a reflector when Russia is in an economic crisis. Add in a new weapon in space for that money spent. Which is what I will bet is in that satellite.

 

[Basic Human Unit]

With the amount of small debris out in that level of orbit and meteorites that regularly break up as they get closer to earth how long could that thing possibly last before it gets shredded to bits? I bet its effectiveness would be lucky to last 48 hours.

Also that youtube narrator sounds like a tool.

The statistical likelihood of being struck by an object larger than a molecule is astronomical(pun intended).

 

[MattB4]

...
I think it would be neat to be able to look up and see a manmade star.

...

I see the light from the ISS whenever it is in the sky. It is one of the brightest stars there is. Neat, but hardly worth the ongoing cost of the thing.

 

[Richard Slekzik]

NASA had a more ambitious proposal similar to this in the Late 70's in the run-up to the space shuttle becoming operational.It was a system of several artificial reflective moons about 200-250 yards in Diameter deployed in Geosynchronous orbit over North America coast to coast, the idea was to reduce energy use by having twilight conditions overnight. then environmental and animal rights activists complained that it would possibly alter weather patterns???and confuse animal behavior and migration, along with unresolved technical and cost considerations ultimately killed it. there were detailed articles about the plan in Popular mechanics and Science,Aviation week and Omni magazines at the time.

 

[cujet]

Wait a sec,

The earth is warming, due to solar irradiation. Why not "block" the sun a bit....Say, over the equator.

 

[Grevlin]

Why an I suddenly hearing the James Bond villain theme music?

"I got this, and yes, PPK's still fire in space."

 

[Justme11]

I see the light from the ISS whenever it is in the sky. It is one of the brightest stars there is. Neat, but hardly worth the ongoing cost of the thing.

The ISS goes whipping by so fast, if you blink you missed it. I only saw it once, while on a beach vacation and someone knew exactly when it would come whizzing by.

 

[JDH]

Never mind the Icarus satellite was built by a north Korean not a Russian.

 

[Dragonid]

The person making the video doesn't seem to grasp how tiny that thing is. Provide light for agriculture? About as well as Mars or Polaris.

It's interesting, but I can't imagine it has any practical use.

 

[Oakspar]

Wait a sec,

The earth is warming, due to solar irradiation. Why not "block" the sun a bit....Say, over the equator.

Solar shading. It is a thing. Look it up to see some people throw out some sci-fi proposals.

 

[MIL-DOT]

russia launching an artificial star this year.

What.....you mean like Kim Kardashian ? :