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Astronomy Risks Harm From FCC SpaceX Gen2 Order: Nonprofit

International Dark-Sky Association members face “a series of harms” from the FCC’s December order partially granting SpaceX's second-generation constellation application, said the nonprofit in the docketing statement Friday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for its…

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petition to vacate the order (see 2301030014). Association members face “a diminishment in the enjoyment of the dark sky,” plus harm “to both professional and amateur astronomy,” it said. There also are “broader harms and risks to the environment” as a result of the order, including the “risks to migrating species that use stars for navigation,” it said.