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There was definitely a huge amount of controversy over this after the first Starlink launch. If I'm remembering correctly, the problems got significantly better
by sq_ 7y ago
There was definitely a huge amount of controversy over this after the first Starlink launch. If I'm remembering correctly, the problems got significantly better after the satellites moved to their final orbits and oriented their solar panels correctly.
Additionally, SpaceX promised to do their best to lower the albedo of this second set of sats, which, based on side-by-side pictures of the two stacks of sats, they seem to have done.
In my opinion, there's definitely reason to be afraid of the effects of Starlink on astronomy, but SpaceX also seems reasonably receptive to making changes in order to lessen the impact.