I've read somewhere that SpaceX has been subject to backlash for not making their low-orbit Starlink satellites dark (they currently are reflective like mirrors). The new batches they are launching are now non-reflective. That doesn't solve the problem of interruption of signal from telescopes tracking/capturing long exposure images.
Artificial satellites around the Earth are a new form of light pollution. Those on low-earth orbits can be especially bright. Companies plan to launch tens of thousands of such satellites, and our view of the night sky, constellations and the Milky Way may be entirely lost. Please sign the following petition, and share it with your friends (and ask them to sign and share). SpaceX satellites marching through the sky from Brazil, late 2019. Note that the satellites are brighter than the brightest stars.
Only a few stars in the sky outshine space x's cluster of satellites.
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