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by gammarator 1798 days ago
So that means they are disqualified from commenting on the problem now? It was not clear how bright these things were going to be on orbit with the publicly available information at the time, and SpaceX obviously did not consider the impact.
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Also the number went way up, and the orbits changed.

And the FCC has no rules about light pollution. Which is the reason we should have a global debate about it.

Radio astronomers did complain right away and got a sensitive part of the Ka band left unused -- it wasn't included in the reserved bands but has become important since. Very nice of Starlink to grant that request.