UPDATES TO SPACEX'S Starlink satellites have made them brighter again, though they are still dimmer than the original design. Due to the concerns of the astronomy community, SpaceX voluntarily began installing sunshades on their Starlink satellites two years ago. These VisorSats were about 1.3 magnitudes dimmer than the original satellites (S&T: June 2021, p. 16). But as newer satellites have shifted to using lasers rather than radio for communication, the company has omitted visors from Starlinks as of late last year.
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