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Has anyone seen a trail of Starlink Satellites in the night sky?

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by WarDamnGator, Feb 4, 2023.

  1. WarDamnGator

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    This isn't my video, but basically what my wife and I saw last in the sky ... it kind of freaked us out at first, but she called her dad (who used to work on missile navigation at Honeywell and a bit of a space nerd) and he knew what it was right away ...

     
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  2. duggers_dad

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    I’m not going to say it’s aliens.

    But it’s aliens.
     
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  3. tampagtr

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    Wife commented that we missed it when it was too late. Would have liked to
     
  4. OklahomaGator

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    As of December 2022, Starlink consists of over 3,300 mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), which communicate with designated ground transceivers. In total, nearly 12,000 satellites are planned to be deployed, with a possible later extension to 42,000.
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    Starlink.
     
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  5. demosthenes

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    These have been going on for years. They’re only visible near dawn and dusk and then only for I believe a few days after launch.
     
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  6. Sohogator

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    Say goodbye to the stars….
     
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  7. RIP

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    Satellites aren't real: Change My Mind.

    I am bummed I didn't see them last night in Jax. I wonder if there's some sort of alert system for when they will be near.
     
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  8. Trickster

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    Getting too crowded up there.
     
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  9. duggers_dad

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    Thanks to virology we know more about the stars than we do about biology.
     
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  10. thomadm

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    Welp, seeing that they are not equidistant from each other makes me question Musk as an engineer.
     
  11. vaxcardinal

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    Looks like a bunch of weather balloons
     
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  12. duggers_dad

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  13. Spurffelbow833

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    They're reflecting sunlight. Why would they fade? Do they shed outer shrouding that burns up in the atmosphere?
     
  14. dave_the_thinker

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    I saw these last night near PCola and it blew my mind.

    My boys found a site that shows when you can expect a visit, which interrupted my attempt to build a communications device based on old ALF reruns. (uploaded my picture below)

    SpaceX Starlink Satellites Tracker

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  15. G8tas

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    I've seen the space station through my telescope. I will need to look for this
     
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    Looks like they will be visible tomorrow as well in Jax. Woohoo!
     
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  18. Sohogator

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    Yeah but he gets a demerit for threatening to disable them because some people were being mean to him.
     
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    Allegedly they spell out I love Putin in morse code, or klingon
     
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