The Brightness of Starlink Mini Satellites During Orbit-Raising

Observations of Starlink V2 Mini satellites during orbit-raising suggest that SpaceX applies brightness mitigation when they reach a height of 357 km. The mean apparent magnitudes for objects below that height threshold is 2.68 while the mean for those above is 6.46. When magnitudes are adjusted to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2024-05
Hauptverfasser:	Mallama, Anthony, Cole, Richard E, Respler, Jay, Harrington, Scott, Lee, Ron, Worley, Aaron
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Brightness Low altitude Satellite constellations Satellite observation Spacecraft Telescopes
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