'We all share the sky.'
While SpaceX's Starlink obviously doesn't account for all space debris in orbit, it is arguably the best example of a company launching massive amounts of machinery into space at a time when the impact isn't yet fully understood.
In their report, Fabio Falchi, at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and colleagues suggested that the problem is viewable in the night sky as light pollution. They said that light pollution from the ground and also from low-Earth orbit satellites is increasing as the amount of space debris rises.
They also indicated that there are now almost no remote locations on Earth that meet the criteria for an observatory due to light pollution.SpaceX has previously stated that it has adjusted its Starlink satellites to reduce the amount of light they reflect. However, astronomers have gone on record saying it was not enough.
Now, the group of researchers recommended introducing binding caps to stop the escalation of artificial light at night and satellite constellations. They based this recommendation on an analysis carried out via simulations of light pollution. Ultimately, they found that the increase in space debris will lead to the loss of ground-based observatory data, as observatories on the ground increasingly struggle to peer past the light pollution.
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