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History: Name changed (April 2023), formerly the Committee for Light Pollution, Radio Interference, and Space Debris (LPRISD); Name changed (January 1988, Austin)
Members: Appointed by the Board of Trustees.
Term: Three years, June - June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.
Chair: One year, June to June, from the close of one Annual Members' Meeting to the close of the next Annual Members' Meeting.
Charge: Acts as a clearinghouse for information on these topics and, whenever possible, helps those who are attempting to combat the problem.
Recent Materials from the Committee:
- 2022 Webinar: From Sky Glow to Satellite Swarms: Challenges to Astronomy from Ground and Space (Video | Slides)
- 2022 Response to Request for Information from White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on uses of Cislunar Space (Document)
- 2021: SATCON2 Report (Archive)
- 2020: SATCON1 Report
- 2020: The Industrialization of Space (Presentation; Chris Impey, University of Arizona)
- 2020: Mega-Constellations of Satellites and Optical Astronomy (Presentation | Press Briefing; Patrick Seitzer, University of Michigan)
- 2020: Radio Astronomy in a New Era of Radiocommunication (Presentation | Press Briefing; Harvey Liszt, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
- 2020: Satellite's Impacts on the General Public (Presentation | Press Briefing; Ruskin Hartley, International Dark-Sky Association)
- 2020: Starlink and the Astronomers (Press Briefing; Jeffrey C. Hall, Lowell Observatory)
Board of Trustees Liaison
Edmund Bertschinger (He/Him/His)
Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2023
Committee Members
Jonathan C. McDowell
Term: Feb 2022 – Jun 2025
Meredith L. Rawls (She/Her/Hers)
Term: Feb 2022 – Jun 2025
Harvey Liszt
Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2023
Vice Chair for Radio Interference
Julie D. Davis (She/Her/Hers)
Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2023
Vice Chair for Satcons; Consultant to the Committee
Jessica Heim
Term: Jun 2021 – Jun 2024
Vice Chair for Community Engagement
Constance E. Walker (She/Her/Hers)
Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2023
Vice Chair for Satcons
James D. Lowenthal (He/Him/His)
Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2023
Vice Chair for Light Pollution
Patrick Seitzer
Term: Jun 2020 – Jun 2023
Vice Chair for Space Debris