Startup's night-time 'sunlight' test in California draws criticism

US startup Reflect Orbital startled residents near Lone Pine, California, with a bright night-time light demonstration simulating sunlight reflected from space. The company plans 50,000 mirror satellites within a decade, and the FCC approved a first demo satellite for next year with a 59ft mirror casting 3-mile-wide beams. Some scientists, environmentalists and locals have pushed back.