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astro-ph.IM2026

The Impact of Orbital Data Centers on the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

Nayan Jangid, Meredith L. Rawls, Peter Yoachim +2

As the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins its Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), satellite operators are racing to launch Orbital Data Center (ODC) satellites into low-E…

astro-ph.IM2026★ 14 cited

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Preview 1

Vera C Rubin Observatory Team, Tatiana Acero Cuellar, Emily Acosta +325

We present Rubin Data Preview 1 DP1, the first data from the NSF DOE Vera C Rubin Observatory, comprising raw and calibrated single epoch images, coadds, difference images, detecti…

astro-ph.IM2026

Identifying and Measuring Satellite Streaks in DECam Images

Alexandra Serrano Mendoza, Meredith L. Rawls, Andrés Alejandro Plazas Malagón

The rapid growth of satellite constellations, particularly Starlink, is increasingly affecting ground-based astronomy. In this project, we developed a workflow to detect, identify,…

astro-ph.IM2025

Report on LEO satellite impacts on ground-based optical astronomy for the Rubin Observatory LSST

Phanindra Kandula, Lee Kelvin, Erfan Nourbakhsh +10

In August 2025 a workshop was convened to bring together experts to better understand steps that can be taken to mitigate the impact of satellite constellations on astronomical obs…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Call to Protect the Dark and Quiet Sky from Harmful Interference by Satellite Constellations

IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark, Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference, Gyula I. G. Józsa +40

The growing number of satellite constellations in low Earth orbit (LEO) enhances global communications and Earth observation, and support of space commerce is a high priority of ma…

astro-ph.IM2024

IAU CPS Tools to Address Satellite Constellation Interference

Michelle Dadighat, Meredith L. Rawls, Siegfried Eggl +2

The IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS), established in early 2022 and co-hosted by NSF's NOIRLab and the SKA Ob…

astro-ph.IM2024

Quantifying & Mitigating Satellite Constellation Interference with SatHub

Meredith L. Rawls, Constance E. Walker, Michelle Dadighat +3

This Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) session on 6 November 2023 was organized by leaders and members of SatHub at the International Astronomical Union Centre for the Protection of the Dar…

astro-ph.IM2024

SatHub Panel: Satellite Interference in Observatories Around the World

Siegfried Eggl, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Genoveva Micheva +5

Satellite constellation interference occurs across astronomical disciplines. We present examples of interference from radio and -Ray astronomy to optical and spectroscopic inter…

astro-ph.IM2024

Summary of SatHub, and the current observational status of satellite constellations

Mike W. Peel, Siegfried Eggl, Meredith Rawls +4

SatHub is one of the four hubs of the IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS). It focuses on observations, data anal…