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I live in Bortle class 3 and I don't notice more satellites now when star gazing then I remember 10 years ago. The hundreds of starlink satellites are totally

I live in Bortle class 3 and I don't notice more satellites now when star gazing then I remember 10 years ago. The hundreds of starlink satellites are totally invisible to me, except sometimes right after launch. A starlink satellite train is amazing to watch and I'd love to see it a few more times. EDIT The light pollution that really bothers me is the terrestrial light pollution. There's several cities within an hours drive of me, and they make such a large glow in the sky.

defrost 4y ago
FWiW I'm deep in class one area with no human glows on the horizon at night .. and in a large radio quiet zone - save fromn the chatter of unsheilded LEO sats above. Some are switched off on over pass, many aren't. I look forward to when all constellations are set to shut up when over head and the their surface an attitude are altered to minise reflection.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > when all constellations are set to shut up when over head Total off is unreasonable, but a safety mode where chatter is reduced is doable. Particularly with LEO constellations. This could be done by e.g. the FAA, perhaps even solely through rulemaking.