Constellation satellites in low Earth orbits (artist’s impression, not to scale)

In May 2019 SpaceX launched its first batch of 60 Starlink communication satellites, which surprised astronomers and lay people with their appearance in the night sky.
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/P. Marenfeld

Important Reports

Some of this work is outlined in a number of important recent reports, such as:

• The SATCON1 conference
  
• The SATCON2 conference 
  

  

  

  

  

  
• The report of the online conferences Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society I (co-organized by UNOOSA, the IAU, and Spain, with support from NOIRLab) 
  
• The report of the online conferences Dark and Quiet Skies for Science and Society II (co-organized by UNOOSA, the IAU, and Spain, with support from NOIRLab)
  
• A Conference Room Paper presented to the 58th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS).
  
• Report from the Workshop on Mitigating the impact of Satellite Constellations on Astronomical Laser Propagation
• IAU-CPS Protecting dark and quiet skies