As SpaceX continues launching more Starlink satellites into space, astronomers and others ponder if their visibility will be a growing constant in the night sky.
the satellite uses its 48 spot beams to send data.meet that goal with its planned 30,000-satellite constellation. While this mega constellation sounds like a lot, it’s nothing when you consider that OneWeb and Amazon’s Project Kuiper are vying for similar fleets.How will this impact terrestrial astronomy?
SpaceX’s operating altitude, less reflective materials and angle toward the sun all contribute to how much scientific data is obstructed. One of the research’s authors, Meredith Rawls at the University of Washington, is cited in SpaceX’s FCC filings that these mitigation efforts are “voluntary, insufficient, and in the case of Starlink Gen2, untested.” SpaceX did not reply to comment on this story.
Ashley VanderLey from the National Science Foundation radio astronomy facilities says that the NSF has been able to coordinate with SpaceX with its constellation and that generally companies in the United States have shown a good-faith effort to work with astronomers to try to resolve issues.
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