This Comment has its origins in a technical report written for the UK Space Agency (UKSA) under contract PS24307, with the title Optical Interference from Satellites: Prospects for Standardisation4. Note that although the purpose was to provide recommendations to UKSA, the contents are the responsibility of the authors and should not be seen as UKSA policy. We thank M. Maheshwarappa and D. Lowe for their assistance and support throughout this process. We also benefited from discussions with D. Clements, R. Green, C. Walker, M. Rawls, J. Wheeler, H. Stokes, A. Tyson, M. Byers and A. Boley.
The prospects for standardization of optical brightness of satellites
Protecting the night sky from optical interference by satellites needs a standard that goes beyond a simple brightness limit to consider the aggregate impact of constellations. We discuss the infrastructure and tools required to achieve this.
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