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AST Commits to Steps to Lessen Constellation Impact on Astronomy

Aiming to limit its constellation's effect on ground-based astronomy, AST SpaceMobile announced Monday that it signed a coordination agreement with the National Science Foundation to work with it and the astronomy community. AST said the mitigation steps promised under the…

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agreement come from recommendations of the International Astronomical Union’s Dark and Quiet Skies initiative, such as reducing satellite brightness and providing real-time satellite positioning data to observatories.