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Comment by sacred_numbers

We could not do that inadvertently. To block even 1% of light using Starlink sized satellites (~30 m^2 with solar panels deployed) would require tens of billions of satellites. We could do it on purpose with huge rotating solar reflectors, and it should honestly be considered as a real option, but we couldn't and wouldn't do so just by launching communication satellites.

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