The U.S. Federal Communications Commission signed off on a test launch of a Reflect Orbital satellite. The California-based project intends to reflect sunlight onto Earth at night after sundown, producing artificial daylight for civilian aid. The goal is to brighten emergency blackout zones or nighttime military operations or additional night missions. Regulators alerted that the test could interfere with other satellites including weather satellites and harm the environment and atmospheric health. The federal regulator could be launched in 2027 for a first in-orbit tryout of the technology that could reshape night operations.