SpaceX, the space research company of the famous billionaire Elon Musk, who has never been on the agenda with various news, aims to provide internet everywhere in the world. The Starlink project has long been criticized by astronomers.

Astronomers said the stars couldn’t be seen as they should be because of the brightness of the Starlink satellites. In 2019, Musk said Starlink satellites will work to prevent astronomical discoveries. promised.

Musk kept his word and signed a new agreement on the matter

Under the agreement with the US National Space Agency (NSF), SpaceX has pledged to work on recommendations from various organizations, such as NSF’s NOIRLAb. These recommendations match the optical clarity of SpaceX satellites with physical design changes. The 7th includes her ongoing work on increasing visual size or making them dimmer.

SpaceX also developed special measures for its second generation satellite Starlink, and astronomical effect of facility lasers on their satellites. agreed to analyze.

SpaceX and NSF’s NOIRLab are planning a workshop that will develop best practice guidelines and recommend processes for interactions between satellite operators and the Laser Clearing House to mitigate negative impacts on observatories. SpaceX, which has been and will be brought forward by the astronomy community also promised to cooperate with NSF on new problems.