SYDNEY —Astronomers and mega-constellation operators SpaceX Starlink and Amazon Kuiper said they were satisfied that their joint efforts to reduce satellites’ interference with ground-based optical and radio astronomy observations, the Dark and Quiet Skies initiatives, were making progress.
They disagreed on whether international regulations were nonetheless needed to give the astronomers’ case the force of law.
During the first 50 minutes of a 55-minute panel discussion here Oct. 2 at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the two . . .
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