01 September 2016
Mega-constellation deployment to be discussed at IAC 2016
Projection and Stability of the Orbital Debris Environment in the Light of Planned Mega-Constellation Deployments special plenary session will be held during the 2016 International Astronautical Congress, on Thursday, September 29, from 13:30 to ...
26 August 2020
LEO constellations will "fundamentally change" astronomy, warns new report
... low-Earth satellites expected to be deployed in mega constellations by companies and governments alike will will “fundamentally...first 60 Starlink satellites of their intended 42,000+ mega constellation into low Earth orbit back in May 2019, ...
22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... changes.” So far 362 satellites of Musk's planned mega-constellation have been deployed. In the documentation submitted in support.... Now, armed with knowledge of what time a mega-constellation will pass overhead, people are now flocking to their...
05 February 2020
Legal action could be used to stop Starlink ruining the night say astronomers
..., it can be viewed that for every square degree on the sky, one or more satellites from these new mega-constellations will fill it. “This will inevitably harm professional astronomical images,” the astronomers write. So far, only one...
11 August 2017
Satellite launch demand to grow tenfold in next 20 years
... that the small satellite market is growing rapidly showing an increased demand for small payload launches. In particular, mega-constellations represent a major shift in the market, where small cheap and easily replaceable units are taking over...
07 October 2020
Chinese company seeks approval to launch nearly 13,000 satellites
... – has today published a preliminary analysis of the potential impact of current satellite mega-constellations on its telescopes, and it doesn't look good. “Satellite mega-constellations don’t just affect optical and IR astronomy,” warns SKA Director...
