The Starlink company is owned by SpaceX. Dr. Jonathan McDowell, of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, has been tracking Starlink satellites.

SpaceX sent up its Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as it sent up more than 20 Starlink satellites on Monday, April 28, 2025.

SpaceX’s efforts to dim its Starlink satellites will likely be effective, at least for one major observatory. But the ...