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Astronomers Back Review of Satellite Swarms Flying Without Environment Checks
Friday August 30, 2024. 09:00 AM , from Slashdot
The exemption was created way back in 1986, when far fewer satellites were being launched. The GAO, however, urged the FCC to review the exemption, citing the recent proliferation of satellites and the questions that have been raised about the sustainability of the exemption. That recommendation was recently echoed by US PIRG, which earlier this month made a similar request to the FCC. US PIRG notes that the number of satellites in low Earth orbit has increased by a factor of 127 over the past five years, driven largely by the deployment of mega-constellations of communications satellites from SpaceX's Starlink subsidiary. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/29/2326229/astronomers-back-review-of-satellite-swarms-flyi...
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