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There's a world of difference between launching a comms satellite and launching a telescope. The most affected form of astronomy (radio astronomy), can't even be feasibly done from orbit, not even with the next few generations of launch vehicles.

(Also starlink is a solution for a relative few: it does not represent serious competition for traditional ISPs because there are still significant limits on the density of connections it can support. It's great if you're in the middle of nowhere and there's relatively few people around you. It sucks in cities. It's not going to supply internet to even a significant fraction of any country, bar some micronations)