SATCON2 Community Engagement Working Group
Creators
- Venkatesan, Aparna1
- Lowenthal, James2
- Arion, Doug3
- Avila Castro, Fernando4
- Bannister, Michele5
- Barentine, John6
- Begay, David7
- Chavez, Juan-Carlos8
- Carttar, Sally9
- Gering, Rick10
- Hartley, Ruskin11
- Hall, Jeff12
- Harvey, Alvin13
- Heim, Jessica14
- Kafka, Stella15
- Kimura, Ka'iu16
- Larsen, Kris17
- Lee, Annette18
- Maryboy, Nancy19
- Neilson, Hilding20
- Nesvold, Erika21
- Simons, Doug22
- Sweitzer, James23
- Umpierre, Diana24
- Walker, Connie25
- 1. University of San Francisco
- 2. Smith College
- 3. Carthage College/Mountains of Stars
- 4. National Astronomical Observatory, Astronomy Institute, UNAM
- 5. University of Canterbury
- 6. Dark Sky Consulting, LLC
- 7. Indigenous Education Institute and U. of New Mexico
- 8. Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
- 9. National Park Service
- 10. Naperville (IL) Astronomical Association
- 11. International Dark-Sky Association
- 12. Lowell Observatory;
- 13. MIT
- 14. Univ. of Wales Trinity St. David + Consortium for Dark Sky Studies
- 15. American Association of Variable Star Observers
- 16. 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i, Big Island
- 17. Central Connecticut State University
- 18. St. Cloud State University
- 19. Indigenous Education Institute & University of Washington
- 20. University of Toronto
- 21. Just Space Alliance
- 22. Canada France Hawai'i Telescope and Univ. Hawai'i
- 23. Science Communication Consultants
- 24. Florida Sierra Club
- 25. NSF's NOIRLab
Description
The SATCON2 Community Engagement Working Group aimed to engage a broad and diverse swath of stakeholders in dark skies and near-Earth space who are impacted by large mega-constellations of tens of thousands of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, beyond professional astronomy alone. The working group consisted of 22 members across 23 time zones including professional and amateur astronomers, members of sovereign Indigenous/First Nations communities, dark-sky advocates, planetarium professionals, and environmental/ecological non-governmental organizations. We set out to work together towards a new and effective conceptual, ethical, legal, and regulatory framework for the protection and sustainability of space and the night sky as a global cultural, natural and scientific commons. Community Engagement Working Group members invested thousands of volunteer hours in working group meetings, listening sessions with impacted constituencies, numerous conversations, developing, conducting and analyzing surveys, and finalizing our results and recommendations.
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