#spaceenvironment — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spaceenvironment, aggregated by home.social.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@space_environmentalism/116205780730907978
SpaceX plans to launch a million (!) satellites into orbit. Aside from the impacts on the environment ...
"This loss of the night sky, something that has guided humanity since the dawn of time and influenced culture, religion and science, would be immeasurable."
#SpaceX #SpaceEnvironment #LightPollution #alan #Astronomy #Space
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CSE has submitted public comments to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on two pending applications relating to the #SpaceEnvironment:
(1) Reflect Orbital's prototype solar reflector satellite; https://www.spaceenvironmentalism.org/actions/public-statements-and-comments/reflect-orbital-2026
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(2) SpaceX's "one million orbital data centers" proposal; https://www.spaceenvironmentalism.org/actions/public-statements-and-comments/spacex-1modcs-2026
#Space #Satellites #Environment #Policy #SpacePolicy #FCC #PublicComment
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"The sky is getting crowded. In the last few years, the number of #satellite launches has increased by an order of magnitude as #megaconstellations of internet-powering hardware crowd into low Earth orbit. The pace of both launching and retiring these units is creating new kinds of #pollution, potentially upsetting the #climate system and the protective #ozone layer."
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Evidence that some of the Chinese #Qianfan satellites are tumbling and presumably no longer under control. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."
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Some of the satellites in the Chinese #Qianfan constellation are evidently tumbling in orbit. "All six of the tumbling #spacecraft are from Launch 2. As noted in Section 2, those satellites were made by a different manufacturer than the spacecraft in Qianfan launches 1, 3 and 4. @planet4589 indicates that all the tumbling spacecraft have failed."
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There are reports that the brightness of some of the Chinese #Qianfan satellites is varying on short timescales. (e.g., https://www.satobs.org/seesat/Mar-2025/0049.html)
This behavior suggests that these satellites (and possibly others) from the second Qianfan launch are currently tumbling in orbit.
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"A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole and its mission is over, officials said Friday. The news came less than 24 hours after the botched landing attempt by Texas-based Intuitive Machines. ... 'The mission has concluded and teams are continuing to assess the data collected throughout the mission,' the company said in a statement."
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"It looks like there's no stopping the march of modern internet satellites, and many more look to be blighting our skies/potentially improving worldwide internet access in the near future."
#Space #China #SpaceX #Starlink #SpaceSail #Qianfan #SpaceEnvironment #Satellites #Internet
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"This potential treasure hunt in space has sparked discussions about ownership laws, space ethics, and environmental implications. As these celestial bodies could herald an era where space becomes a frontier for industry and sustainable energy, they invoke questions about the regulation of extraterrestrial resource claims."
https://www.scimag.news/news-en/130047/asteroids-to-power-the-future-space-mining-revolution-begins/
#Space #SpaceMining #SpaceLaw #SpaceEthics #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceSustainability
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Here is a run-down on Dark & Quiet Skies activities at the recent UN COPUOS Science & Technology Subcommittee meeting from @iau_cps: https://cps.iau.org/news/un-meeting-features-satellite-impact-on-astronomy/
"The discussion included remarks on the need to find balanced solutions, the urgent need for nations to support research on mitigations, considerations on the cultural heritage of the night sky, and the importance of space sustainability discussions within international bodies."
#Astronomy #Space #UnitedNations #COPUOS #STSC #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceSustainability
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Meanwhile, although I never imagined I would agree with the government of #Iran about much, here we are. "Another critical consequence of the unchecked expansion of mega-constellations is light pollution."
The Islamic Republic's statement in the same COPUOS STSC session is on: https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/copuos/stsc/2025/Statements/15_Iran.rev.pdf
#UnitedNations #COPUOS #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceDiplomacy #LightPollution #Space #Satellites #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment
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A statement by the "Group of Friends" (six national delegations and six NGOs) on Dark and Quiet Skies presented at the ongoing Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee is now publicly available.
#Space #OuterSpace #COPUOS #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment #ScienceDiplomacy #Astronomy #DarkAndQuietSkies
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"Having lots of new satellites potentially operating in VLEO is going to make for a complicated environment." (via @bbc_future)
#Space #Satellites #VLEO #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment #SpaceEnvironmentalism #SpaceDebris
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EU Statement at the 62nd Session of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 3 February 2025: https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/vienna-international-organisations/eu-statement-62nd-session-scientific-and-technical-sub-committee-united-nations-committee-peaceful_en
"The EU and its Member States strongly support the rules-based international order, with the United Nations at its core, and a multilateral approach to international affairs."
Includes an appeal to "the universalisation of the Outer Space Treaty for the preservation of a secure, safe, stable and sustainable outer space environment."
#Space #SpaceSustainability #SpaceEnvironment #OuterSpaceTreaty #OST #COPUOS
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Obtrusive space advertising will impact the visual appearance of the night sky, interfere with ground-based astronomy, and it may have currently unknown environmental effects. But there's still a chance to get out ahead of (and even prevent) this problem.
Read more: http://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/space-advertising-the-next-frontier
📷: NASA
#Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceAdvertising #SpaceEnvironment #COPUOS
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The website for the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Protection of #Astronomy and the #SpaceEnvironment (COMPASSE) is now live!
Get updates and learn how to be involved with issues such as #LightPollution, #RadioInterference, and #space #sustainability: https://compasse.aas.org/
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The website for the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Protection of #Astronomy and the #SpaceEnvironment (COMPASSE) is now live!
Get updates and learn how to be involved with issues such as #LightPollution, #RadioInterference, and #space #sustainability: https://compasse.aas.org/
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The website for the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Protection of #Astronomy and the #SpaceEnvironment (COMPASSE) is now live!
Get updates and learn how to be involved with issues such as #LightPollution, #RadioInterference, and #space #sustainability: https://compasse.aas.org/
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The website for the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Protection of #Astronomy and the #SpaceEnvironment (COMPASSE) is now live!
Get updates and learn how to be involved with issues such as #LightPollution, #RadioInterference, and #space #sustainability: https://compasse.aas.org/
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The website for the American Astronomical Society’s Committee for the Protection of #Astronomy and the #SpaceEnvironment (COMPASSE) is now live!
Get updates and learn how to be involved with issues such as #LightPollution, #RadioInterference, and #space #sustainability: https://compasse.aas.org/
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For #KimStanleyRobinson fans, and everybody else:
Astrodynamicist, professor and National Geographic Explorer Moriba Jah joins renowned science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson in a discussion about space environmentalism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI45y5Z3pBQ
For space fans:
Wanna see satellites and junk orbiting Earth right now, live?
Here is an online tool Moriba Jah developed:
https://wayfinder.privateer.com/