Satellite Constellation Brightness and Ground-Based Astronomy: Measured Trail Contamination Over Three Years

Authors

  • Jytte-M Corneliussen Department of Astronomy, Rold Institute for Future Science, Skorping, Denmark Author
  • Dorianne Zahra Centre for Space Policy, Dingli Centre for Anticipatory Research, Dingli, Malta Author
  • Florinda Gouveia-Mel Centre for Space Policy, Peneda Institute for Future Science, Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22674705

Keywords:

Satellite Constellation Brightness and Ground-Based Astronomy; Future science and technology; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

Satellite Constellation Brightness and Ground-Based Astronomy has moved quickly from a niche scientific question to something
a wider community can now investigate with reasonably reliable tools, but the evidence behind it has not always kept pace. We
pull together the current evidence for satellite constellation brightness and ground-based astronomy, covering the methodological,
practical, regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where researchers and reviewers
are still largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific pursuit looks better supported by the evidence gathered
here than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance.

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