A study based on @thenrao VLA archival data finds that Operational Data Sharing with #SpaceX has reduced L-band system temperature, and support for "earlier coordinated studies and demonstrate[s] that while StarLink’s DtC transmissions can produce measurable effects, mitigation frameworks like ODS provide effective protection to scientific data quality."

https://www.nrao.edu/students/2025/Reports/HutchinsBlake.pdf

#Astronomy #RadioAstronomy #VeryLargeArray #RFI

#VeryLargeArray #VLA #Radiotelescope, #Socorro, #NewMexico. #Space #photograph

https://4lakesphoto.com/featured/1-vla-socorro-nm-steven-ralser.html

The Very Large Array - Magdalena, New Mexico (but more popularly associated with Socorro).

Contact (the film) has been dear to me for decades. I learned today that radio astronomy is still in the visual spectrum and not auditory, and the movie DID NOT depict that…but the film’s underlying message still holds powerfully. Also, Jodie Foster narrated a video for the visitor center. :D

#VeryLargeArray #VLA #NationalRadioAstronomyObservatory #NRAO #RadioAstronomy #astronomy #contact #NewMexico #NM

The #VeryLargeArray is, in case you were not aware, very large indeed! Temperature is a toasty 96°F and going higher today. This is where they filmed parts of #Contact and #2010 films.

Did you know #SpaceX had to cut a deal with the #VLA’s Nat’l Radio Astronomy Observatory org to turn off all bandwidth from space as the satellites pass overhead and they pass over CONSTANTLY and they are NUMEROUS and ALL OVER THE SKY and visible at night w/naked eye.

#NewMexico