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PP 020148

Satellite Constellation Internet Affordability and Need

Meredith L. Rawls, Heidi B. Thiemann, Victor Chemin, Lucianne Walkowicz, Mike W. Peel, Yan G. Grange
University of Washington, The Open University, Universit ́e de Rouen Normandie, The Adler Planetarium/The JustSpace Alliance, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
Large satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit seek to be the infrastructure for global broadband Internet and other telecommunication needs. We briefly review the impacts of satellite constellations on astronomy and show that the Internet service offered by these satellites will primarily target populations where it is unaffordable, not needed, or both. The harm done by tens to hundreds of thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites to astronomy, stargazers worldwide, and the environment is not acceptable.

 
Aceptado para publicación en RNAAS | Enviado el 2020-11-11 | Proyecto P/308605