Since May, the American Astronomical Society has convened an ad hoc committee with Dr. Lowenthal and other experts to discuss their concerns with SpaceX representatives once a month.
"So far, they've been quite open and generous with their data," Dr. Lowenthal said. "But they have not made any promises."
A spokeswoman from SpaceX said the company was taking steps to paint the Earth-facing bases of the satellites black to reduce their reflectiveness. But Anthony Tyson, an astronomer at the University of California, Davis, said that wouldn't solve the problem.
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WATCH: SpaceX Launch Adds More Starlink Satellites to Orbit
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Five dozen satellites were on their way to Earth's orbit after SpaceX's heaviest payload to date launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Monday morning.
Monday's Falcon 9 rocket had 60 more satellites onboard. The satellites are small and tucked into the payload fairing, or nose cone.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched 60 satellites on Monday morning, making it the heaviest payload to date and hoping to provide internet service to all around the globe.
Watch the complete launch here: https://t.co/CX1e9QiIaR pic.twitter.com/MPXRAa3Kb8
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 8 November 2019 - Spacewalk Preparations - SpaceRef
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, attached to foot restraints inside the Kibo laboratory module from JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), participates in interviews with journalists from Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: NASA. (Nov. 1, 2019)
The Expedition 61 crew is focusing on a complex series of spacewalks set to start soon to repair a cosmic particle detector. The orbital residents also conducted an emergency drill aboard the International Space Station today.
Nearby stars could reveal wormhole at the centre of the Milky Way – Physics World
Gravity passing through a hypothetical wormhole at the centre of the Milky Way could alter the orbits of nearby stars – according cosmologists in China and the US who are developing new ways to search for wormholes.
To establish if wormholes exist, astronomers need to know what observational signatures they should look for. De-Chang Dai of the Centre for Gravity and Cosmology at Yangzhou University and Dejan Stojkovic of the University at Buffalo, suggest that evidence of a wormhole could be extracted from the motions of stars around Sagittarius A*, which is the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way.
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We Could Get Rid of Space Junk By Making It into Orbiting Storage Depots | Digital Trends
Space junk is a major problem . Consisting of detritus like old rocket stages and broken up pieces of satellites, these pieces of debris orbit the Earth at terrifying speeds, posing a risk to both satellites and future space missions. According to some estimates, there are around 34,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 centimeters currently floating in space.
A collaboration between Canadian space launch startup Maritime Launch Services (MLS) and commercial space services company Nanoracks, the idea is to find ways to transform the used upper stages of rockets into "outposts" throughout the solar system, used for things like space storage depots, space hotels, fuel depots, and more. It's upcycling, basically, but with used rocket parts instead of old wooden boxes and mason jars.
Preview of The Gateway Foundation's plans for two orbiting space stations
You might want to save your pennies before you book that Walt Disney World vacation you've been longing for, as we've got an out of this world destination with a stellar view eclipsing anything available in sunny Florida.
The Gateway Foundation is ramping up their two-pronged plan to promote space tourism , a zero-gravity construction industry, and scientific research aboard a pair of orbiting superstructures, the Von Braun Rotating Space Station and The Gateway Spaceport. Both endeavors are scheduled to support scientific research and space commerce, but also function as an exotic hotel for outgoing tourists.
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Watch live as Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to space https://t.co/zuGjcEjNaY SpaceX (from Hawthorne, CA) Mon Nov 11 14:41:31 +0000 2019
There and back again! #SpaceX launches the F9 from Cape Canaveral with 60 #Starlink satellites. This mission mar… https://t.co/sjAg3qBsyV SuperclusterHQ (from New York, NY) Mon Nov 11 15:05:47 +0000 2019
SpaceX is launching 60 satellites for its Starlink global broadband internet service in 15 minutes. Watch live:… https://t.co/dd18nFb2Xz TechCrunch (from San Francisco, CA) Mon Nov 11 14:41:18 +0000 2019
SpaceX launched its second batch of 60 Starlink satellites, taking another step toward Elon Musk's vision to create… https://t.co/bkR7ZvyCq7 business (from New York and the World) Tue Nov 12 01:56:12 +0000 2019
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