Without conducting studies, Ryan says, the FCC can't confirm that projects like Starlink have no significant environmental impact. That means it could be violating NEPA when it applies the ...

FCC defends Starlink approval as Viasat, ... astronomers and other scientists concerned about light pollution and other environmental impacts of satellite constellations.") ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Evidence is mounting of a need to perform an environmental review before approving SpaceX’s plans to add nearly 30,000 satellites to its Starlink constellation, satellite ...

In the new petition, filed December 22, Viasat asked the FCC to study the potential impacts of Starlink through processes established by the National Environmental Policy Act.

Behind Starlink's promise to ... Launching thousands of satellites into space is not a trivial matter and will inevitably one day have a significant impact on the environment. Indeed, each ...

Viasat’s bid to stop or at least slow Starlink’s expansion rests on convincing a federal appeals court that the FCC was legally obligated to assess the megaconstellation’s environmental ...

The scheduling system used by Starlink also impacts its performance. The network relies on 15-second reconfiguration intervals to update and modify user connectivity.

In 2025, around 120 SpaceX Starlink satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and burnt up upon descent. These artificial meteor showers, visible across the globe, have raised concerns about ...

The team’s findings, which appeared in the January 17 issue of The Astrophysical Journal Letters, revealed that while in 2019 only 0.5% of twilight images showed streaks from Starlink satellites ...

SpaceX has agreed to mitigate the impact of its Starlink broadband satellites on ground-based astronomy facilities. NSF has outlined a new agreement it signed with SpaceX to protect ground-based ...

SpaceX is planning a mega-constellation of thousands of internet satellites called Starlink. But the FCC didn't perform an environmental review.