Since then, many scientists have been on a mission to better quantify the impacts of Starlink and to share their concerns with SpaceX. In response, SpaceX has said that it wants to mitigate the potential impacts of Starlink. Should SpaceX succeed in sending this many satellites to low Earth orbit, its constellation would contain more than eight times as many satellites as the total number currently in orbit. When James Lowenthal, an astronomer at Smith College, first saw the train of Starlink satellites marching like false stars across the night sky in the spring, he knew something had shifted. Knowing how challenging it would be to correct these interrupted images, Tyson decided the best step forward was to set the telescope to avoid Starlink satellites.

Source: bd News24 November 12, 2019 02:58 UTC