While the effect of megaconstellation comms sats on ground-based astronomy has been discussed extensively, the fact that some space telescopes are also affected has had less coverage.
This new paper extends work that I did with Sandor Kruk & a nice group of ESA summer students, assessing satellite trails seen in images taken by Hubble as a function of time – the number rose sharply after Starlink started to be launched.
That was published in Nature Astronomy in 2023:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-023-01903-3
Mark McCaughrean
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