Starlink satellites can reflect sunlight and be surprisingly bright. This will have an impact on visual observation of the cosmos, simply because they'll be visually getting in the way.

Without conducting studies, Ryan says, the FCC can't confirm that projects like Starlink have no significant environmental impact. That means it could be violating NEPA when it applies the ...

In 2025, around 120 SpaceX Starlink satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up upon descent. These artificial meteor showers, visible across the globe, have raised concerns about ...

Lawsuit challenges Starlink license FCC defends Starlink approval as Viasat, Dish urge court to block SpaceX license FCC disputes environmental and interference claims made by satellite companies.

TAMPA, Fla. — Evidence is mounting of a need to perform an environmental review before approving SpaceX’s plans to add nearly 30,000 satellites to its Starlink constellation, satellite ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite operator Viasat is asking the FCC to stop SpaceX from launching more Starlink satellites as it heads to court to compel a thorough environmental review of the rapidly ...

Behind Starlink's promise to provide internet access to all – from the most remote places like schools in the Amazon forest to war-torn countries like Ukraine – lies a major problem: the ...

In the new petition, filed December 22, Viasat asked the FCC to study the potential impacts of Starlink through processes established by the National Environmental Policy Act.

SpaceX has agreed to mitigate the impact of its Starlink broadband satellites on ground-based astronomy facilities. NSF has outlined a new agreement it signed with SpaceX to protect ground-based ...

The scheduling system used by Starlink also impacts its performance. The network relies on 15-second reconfiguration intervals to update and modify user connectivity.

A streak from a Starlink satellite appears in this image of the Andromeda Galaxy, taken by the Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, during twilight on May 19, 2021. Caltech Optical Observatories ...