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Re:SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation... by Rebelgecko on Thursday January 16, 2020 @01:48PM (#22067585)
Don't think so. Adaptive optics works by changing the physical shape of the mirror. If you measure the atmosphere continuously and bend the mirror the right way, you can remove atmospheric distortion from the image. If anything, AO just gets you sharper images of the starlink satellites (or significantly worse ones if a satellite flies in front of the guidestar that you're using as a reference point to measure atmospheric distortions).

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