Low Earth orbit is becoming increasingly littered with satellites, the majority of which belong to SpaceX.
The NSF agrees that this strategy could help.
There have been previous attempts to decrease Starlinks effect on astronomical observations.
Starlink satellites distort images captured by ground-based telescopes.CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey
This recent modification to the orbits of the satellites is still being assessed as it may have some drawbacks.
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