Report request: I am a science teacher preparing a lesson for middle school students about controversies over commercial activities in space. I am seeking information on how various satellite communications systems, such as Starlink, are affecting astronomical research conducted from the surface of the Earth. 
I need a report about how various satellite communications systems, such as, but not restricted to Starlink, affect astronomical research conducted from the surface of the Earth. Specifically I am interested in how these satellites affect the data that scientists are trying to collect from telescopes below them, and the reaction of astronomers to the recent increase in the number of satellites potentially interfering with their observations.

Assessment questions and gold answers:
question_text: What danger does the growing number of satellites in Earth orbit posit for astronomical observations?
gold_answers: worsened conditions for astronomical observations
question_text: What brand of satellites pose a special danger?
gold_answers: Starlink
question_text: What company manufactures Starlink satellites?
gold_answers: SpaceX
question_text: Who owns SpaceX?
gold_answers: Elon Musk
question_text: What characteristics did the first 122 satellites launched by Starlink have?
gold_answers: extremely bright
brighter than most of the stars humans can see
question_text: What characteristics did the first 122 satellites launched by Starlink have?
gold_answers: very quick
move quickly across the sky
question_text: What kind of astronomical observations will the new satellites have a negative impact on?
gold_answers: Ground-based
question_text: What observational equipment do large satellite constellations seriously affect?
gold_answers: Modern telescopes
question_text: What kind of telescopes do Starlink satellites pose the biggest challenge to?
gold_answers: Telescopes like the Large Synoptic Research Telescope
Telescopes designed to look at large swaths of space
question_text: What space object could Starlink satellites potentially obscure?
gold_answers: A quasar
question_text: What space object could Starlink satellites potentially obscure?
gold_answers: An asteroid
question_text: What branch of science will the new satellites have a negative impact on?
gold_answers: Radio
question_text: How do Starlink satellites interfere with the work of radio astronomers?
gold_answers: by actively using radio waves
question_text: What branch of science will the new satellites have a negative impact on?
gold_answers: Optics
question_text: What can one do to reduce the satellites’ impact?
gold_answers: Darken the satellites
question_text: What can one do to reduce the satellites’ impact?
gold_answers: Direct the satellites so that they reflect less sunlight
question_text: What can one do to reduce the satellites’ impact?
gold_answers: Not launch the satellites
question_text: What organization will the International Astronomical Union work with to resolve the satellites’ problem?
gold_answers: Government space agencies
question_text: What organization will the International Astronomical Union work with to resolve the satellites’ problem?
gold_answers: Private companies
question_text: What organization will the International Astronomical Union work with to resolve the satellites’ problem?
gold_answers: The UN