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 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.