I'm curious if SpaceX has applied those mitigation techniques yet. I could maybe understand not doing it for the initial test batch of 6 DTC satellites, but the

I'm curious if SpaceX has applied those mitigation techniques yet. I could maybe understand not doing it for the initial test batch of 6 DTC satellites, but they've been continuing to launch more, and they should be taking at least some action by now, like those "routine mitigation techniques". There's apparently up to >100 DTC sats in orbit now (see [1] and [2]); I can't figure out from the study [3] exactly when the astronomers took their measurements, but it seems like they were able to see most of the DTC sats. It's not great if SpaceX is delaying their mitigations, this isn't exactly a new or unexpected problem. [1] https://www.satellitetoday.com/connectivity/2024/07/03/spacex-now-has-more-than-100-direct-to-cell-satellites-in-orbit/ https://www.satellitetoday.com/connectivity/2024/07/03/space... [2] https://www.telecoms.com/satellite/starlink-ready-for-t-mobile-us-launch-with-100-direct-to-cell-satellites https://www.telecoms.com/satellite/starlink-ready-for-t-mobi... [3] https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.03092 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.03092