Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study

A new NASA-led study shows that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some orbiting telescopes and space observatories. “The urgency starts in the moment we’re seeing a very rapid increase in the number of satellite constellations, in particular, not the satellites that have been launched, but in the satellites that are being proposed,” Dr. Alejandro Serrano Borlaff, research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and co-author of the study, told ABC News. “Before these satellites become operational, we need to figure out what would be the consequences for the telescopes and if there is any way that we can mitigate any problem.” Satellites reflect sunlight, Earthshine, infrared and radio waves. The study found that some of that reflected