Starlink VisorSats brightened by 0.6 mag and OneWeb dimmed by 0.4 mag over five years at 3-sigma significance from 1.6 million observations.
Secular studies of satellite luminosities are needed in order to assess their brightness trends
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Secular Brightness Trends of Starlink and OneWeb Satellites
Starlink VisorSats brightened by 0.6 mag and OneWeb dimmed by 0.4 mag over five years at 3-sigma significance from 1.6 million observations.