I'm not the OP but I used to track & observe satellites, my guess is mostly no. A satellite needs appropriate angle from sun to it's solar panels[0] to create

I'm not the OP but I used to track & observe satellites, my guess is mostly no. A satellite needs appropriate angle from sun to it's solar panels[0] to create any light pollution (or satellite flare, depending on what side you're looking from). Since OP's satellites won't be first in their class (We've got Maxar, Planet etc.) I don't think they will have any considerable impact on general light pollution. Actually, there's a lot of satellites "orbiting" at anytime but very little of them generate flares. Problem with Starlink it's number of satellites are quite high (42k planned) and they got "persistent brightness". Wikipedia article about satellite flares (it's short) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_flare [0]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Iridium_animation.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Iridium_...