SpaceX tells astronomers: Fine, we'll try to stop Starlink spoiling stargazing sessions
These recommendations include further work to reduce the optical brightness of the satellites to seventh visual magnitude or fainter, which would make them invisible to the naked eye, and providing orbital information publicly that astronomers can use for scheduling observations around satellites.
On the radio astronomy side, SpaceX has committed to"avoiding main beam illumination" or not transmitting during observations at key radio astronomy facilities that would be impacted by the signal, the NSF said. Starlink has of course been greeted as a potential way to provide internet services in areas that are poorly served by terrestrial networks or which are hard to reach. In December, the UK government was the latest toto examine how satellite broadband could be used to deliver a high-speed connections to various"hard to reach" locations around the country such as mountaintops or islands.
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