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Large increase in the number of satellites placed in low Earth orbit has broad advances in telecommunications, including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has caused a surge in light pollution in space that imperils the work done by orbiting astronomical observatories.
A new NASA-led study focusing on four space telescopes, two currently operational and two planned, estimates that a large percentage of images obtained by these observatories over the next decade could be obstructed by light emitted or reflected by satellites sharing their low Earth orbit.
Hope Elon Musk is listening.
A new NASA-led study focusing on four space telescopes, two currently operational and two planned, estimates that a large percentage of images obtained by these observatories over the next decade could be obstructed by light emitted or reflected by satellites sharing their low Earth orbit.
Hope Elon Musk is listening.