Open-source solutions for satellite constellation interference detection, quantification, and mitigation
Michelle Dadighat, Kevin Gifford, Boris, Greg Hellbourg
Satellite interference is a shared challenge across both optical and radio astronomy. Open-source tools play a key role in mitigation efforts, but they’re not always easy to find, adapt, or build on.
This session brings together the optical and radio communities via SatHub at the IAU CPS (https://cps.iau.org/) to highlight practical, open-source approaches to detecting and modeling satellite signals, plus mitigating their impact on observations when possible. We'll begin with two brief talks—one from each domain—to frame the problem space and highlight some current projects, followed by a set of short invited presentations. The second part will focus on discussion and questions, aimed at identifying common needs, surfacing existing tools, and exploring opportunities for collaboration.
Links to current projects:
SatChecker (https://satchecker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/, https://github.com/iausathub/satchecker)
SCORE (https://score.cps.iau.org/, https://github.com/iausathub/score)
SOPP - Satellite Orbit Prediction Processor (https://pypi.org/project/sopp/, https://github.com/NSF-Swift/satellite-overhead)
IAU CPS RAS database (https://github.com/iausathub/ITU-RAS-DB-Tool)
Other creative topics in astronomical software
Kuiper Space Sciences Lecture Hall (308)