The NSF agrees that this strategy could help. Lower orbits could “be beneficial to ground-based optical and infrared astronomy as satellites move faster through a telescope’s focal plane and ...
For now, SpaceX only has permission to operate 400 Starlink satellites at the 350km orbits in coordination with NASA through a study. But the number could be expanded to 7,500 second-generation ...
In October, the company made a new push to receive regulatory approval to operate nearly 30,000 second-gen Starlink satellites, including at 350km orbits. Editor's note: This story has been ...