Astronomers ask UN committee to protect night skies from megaconstellations
By Tereza Pultarova published April 27, 2021
A United Nations committee will discuss whether pristine night sky should be protected against Starlink trains.
The diagonal lines stretching across this telescope image are reflected light from 25 of the first batch of Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX. (Image credit: Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory)
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is voicing concerns about the risk that SpaceX's Starlink and other planned massive satellite constellations in low Earth orbit pose to astronomy.
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