Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬#Astronomy researchers from several universities join campaign coordinated by US Public Interest Research Group (#USPIRG) to pause low Earth (#LEO) #satellite launches and convince #FCC to reconsider exempting swarms of small #satellites from environmental review.
They ask FCC to follow prior recommendations from #GAO, which in 2022 issued report calling for #telecom regulator to revisit its decision to exempt large constellations of satellites from environmental review.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/29/astronomers_space_pollution/
They ask FCC to follow prior recommendations from #GAO, which in 2022 issued report calling for #telecom regulator to revisit its decision to exempt large constellations of satellites from environmental review.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/29/astronomers_space_pollution/
