space environments

For this experiment, data were collected from December 1, 2022 to January 15, 2023 across all Starlink satellites that were in the main operational shell of approximately 53 deg. inclination and 550 km altitude. In total, data were collected from the two CMOS Image Sensors (CIS) onboard 2,914 Starlink satellites for a total of 5,828 CIS. Data were filtered to exclude satellites with CIS faults causing out-of-family measurements during the time period.  An algorithm to detect bright spots was developed for the CIS and data were stored on-board each respective Starlink satellite.