‘Unsustainable’: how satellite swarms pose a rising threat to astronomy

Time for space based or moon based telescopes for astronomy?

"Astronomers are worried about the impact of satellite ‘megaconsteallations’, such as SpaceX’s Starlink Internet network, which already consist of thousands of satellites — and there are plans to launch tens of thousands more. If that happens, at some latitudes and times of year, a significant number of ‘stars’ visible to the naked eye will actually be satellites. The International Astronomical Union is about to debut tools to help telescope operators predict satellite locations so that they can point their instruments elsewhere. ..."

‘Unsustainable’: how satellite swarms pose a rising threat to astronomy SpaceX and other companies are still struggling to make their satellites darker in the night sky.