Europe unveils plans to bring 'GPS' and Skype to the moon with satellites

Nov 13, 2020
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Perhaps 3 or 4 satellites orbiting the Moon in a new satellite constellation isn't too much clutter in the sky there and wouldn't distract observations including from the far side of the Moon, but my question is what is being done by NASA, ESA or the UN such as signatories to the Outer Space Treaty to ensure there could be near pristine and quiet as possible skies for radio, optical, infrared or other observations from telescope facilities on the far side of the Moon? We don't want the skies of the Moon including the far side cluttered with large and growing megaconstellations of satellites like SpaceX's Starlink and others on earth and distracting and limiting the effectiveness of earthbound astronomy.
 

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