Ok well another Starlink just reentered over Canada. So yeah. Definitely writing this now.

Time to live-toot an FCC submission while completely exhausted, but also watching a pleasant anime with friends and family!

Step 1: make a pdf. I think I'm going to mash together these two articles that I co-authored in the last couple weeks about very stupid things happening in orbit with huge consequences.

https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430

https://theconversation.com/a-new-space-race-could-turn-our-atmosphere-into-a-crematorium-for-satellites-276366

Unfortunately this'll require a bit of work because the different ways of doing citations. Or maybe I'll just leave the links in? I am pretty far beyond caring about formatting.

Ok that took a little longer than I thought. Do I want it to be on letterhead? Will my university be annoyed? I *am* writing as part of my job as a researcher who requires access to dark skies, but I am not writing on behalf of my university. Will go with blank background for this one.

Now working my way through the instructions here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

I already have a Cores account, signed in and clicking on things...

Submitted!

I am an astronomer who has asked nicely for years for SpaceX to be safer in orbit, think about ways to use fewer satellites, think about the consequences of burning up so many satellites, and think about ways to make their satellites darker. This filing proposing a million satellites is a clear "fuck you" from SpaceX to the entire astronomy community, as well as the entire planet.

So, fuck you, too, SpaceX!

Several organizations I'm part of have now submitted their comments on the incredibly fucking stupid SpaceX-million-AI-data-center filing, so now it's time to turn all my anger on the even fucking STUPIDER Reflect Orbital filing for sunlight-as-a-service.

Writing these other comments and convincing as many people as possible to also write comments is going to require an awful lot of swearing and complaining from me over the next 3 days, fediverse. I hope you're all ready for it.