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SpaceX Tests Lower Satellite Orbits to Stop Starlink From Ruining Telescope Images

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SpaceX is testing ways to reduce the impact of its Starlink satellites on optical astronomy.

The company recently lowered the altitude of a batch of its satellites to mitigate their brightness as viewed from Earth .

The new method has been a success, resulting in a nearly 60% reduction of Sun -illuminated satellites showing up in images captured by the Vera Rubin Observatory , a telescope in Chile .

In December 2022 , the FCC granted SpaceX approval to launch 7,500 next-generation Starlinks .

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