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Can someone explain to me how the title as it appears here relates to the linked paper. "Therefore, the Mini satellites are fainter than Gen 1 Starlink satelli

Can someone explain to me how the title as it appears here relates to the linked paper. "Therefore, the Mini satellites are fainter than Gen 1 Starlink satellites despite their larger sizes. " OK, but no mention of "the brightness reduction target recommended by astronomers" anywhere. If there is a missing source please can we see it?

NelsonMinar 3y ago
It seems like the wrong title. I couldn't find any support for it in the paper. The paper does say 'Their goal is to “make its second-generation satellites invisible to the naked eye when they are on station”.' Which to me sounds like "make it so ordinary folks don't notice" and has very little to do with astronomy. It's a nice improvement but doesn't solve the problems. Edit linked elsewhere in the discussion: https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mitigate-impact-of-starlink-satellites-on-ground-based-astronomy/ https://cps.iau.org/news/nsf-and-spacex-sign-agreement-to-mi...
bilsbie 3y ago
They talk it about that on the reddit thread https://pay.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/14bhto5/observation_shows_starlink_v2_mini_in_brightness/ https://pay.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/14bhto5/observation...