Hi all, A paper has appeared in the prestigious journal *Nature* yesterday, to which a number of people from our community are co-author (including Brad Young, Cees Bassa and me). The paper, written under the umbrella of the IAU-CPS, is a study into the high brightness of the Bluewalker 3 satellite (2022-111AL), a prototype for a future satellite constellation in LEO meant to make direct connection with mobile phones. The paper is here: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06672-7 An Open Access version is here: https://rdcu.be/dnyyT At the end of the paper, we call for regulation. Some more backgrounds on the IAU-CPS website: https://cps.iau.org/news/further-understanding-bluewalker-3s-impact-on-astronomy/ ...and on the website of Delft Technical University: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2023/lr/cosmic-chaos-a-call-for-space-regulation best wishes, - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam_at_langbroek.org launchtower: http://launchtower.langbroek.org Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Twitter: _at_Marco_Langbroek ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list https://lists.seesatmail.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Tue Oct 03 2023 - 04:27:26 UTC
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