Chengdu plans to launch in 2020 the 'artificial moon' instead of the city street lamps

Chengdu plans to launch a & other; Artificial moon & throughout; It will light up the sky much within 50 miles.

it is reported that the object, called & other; Lighting throughout satellite &; The satellite will be deployed in 2020 over China's southwestern city of chengdu, allegedly eight times its brightness is true of the moon, projecting over the region a & other; Evening light throughout the &; 。

there is no official details of the project, but they said the idea came from a French artist's inspiration.

it is reported that on October 10, chengdu aerospace science and technology institute of microelectronics system co. , LTD. , chairman Wu Chunfend at an event in chengdu has revealed the plan.

it will complement the moonlight after launch in 2020, the chengdu sky more bright, is likely to replace the traditional street lamp.

artificial moon can control light 10 to 80 km range area.

while this sounds unbelievable, but professor Wu said, the technology has been studied for many years, is now ready.

however, the plan finally achieving remains to be seen.

artificial moon in chengdu has been criticized by the skeptics and concerned citizens, they think this kind of light can cause negative effects on animals and astronomical observation.

but the Harbin industrial university institute of aviation optical institute, Kang Weimin said that this kind of light can only be issued & other Like dusk light & throughout; 。

this is not the first time that human beings try to the sky reflect light objects, but in the past, most of such plans ended in failure.

last year, for example, a Russian team trying to deploy purportedly & other; After the moon in the night sky of the brightest objects & throughout; 。

on July 14, 2017, Mayak in Baikonur space satellite launch site launch, carrying the soyuz 2. 1 a rocket launch, despite strong opposition, especially the importance of keeping from the dark night sky astronomers.

in the next few weeks after launch, amateur astronomers and scientists tracked its journey and found they think the spacecraft.

but in the same year in August, the execution of the project team found that reflector fails to work normally in orbit the sun.