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I don't know all the uses for satellites but is it possible to reduce the number of them by coordinating efforts? Combine these 3 into 1? Can we be more intelligent about it?
I think that's already the case in many situations.
Thing is a given system is going to need a given number of sats in specific orbits. Sure you can add earth observation equipment (weather, sat imagery etc) to almost anything (albeit maybe not that useful in some orbits) but you can't really combine Satellite TV and GPS.
I'd also like to point out, every time Starlink launches, you get articles like these showing multiple streaks across some image from a telescope. Those images are 100% intentionally gathered. And Starlink is only that bright while maneuvering and very near sunset and sunrise. Once they are in their final location they dim down.