Starlink Satellites

dmchicago

Walking the dog tonight and looked up. 

lkapigian

Yup, very creepy when I saw them
a couple years ago, never heard of them
till then, pretty amazing sight 

fishlessman

Was over the lake a month ago

bobroo

Sad to see earth based astronomy meet it's death for the sake of fast internet. :0(

HeavyG

bobroo said:

Sad to see earth based astronomy meet it's death for the sake of fast internet. :0(

They won't kill it. They will complicate some observations, as do the existing 25,000+ orbiting objects.

Botch

Two good videos here.  The first is a string of Starlinks flying across the Aurora Borealis, and the second is on-board video from a recent launch/landing (the second video has a ridiculous 3-minute intro where nothing happens, skip that part).  
https://petapixel.com/2022/09/13/photographer-captures-rare-starlink-satellites-sailing-through-the-aurora/

lkapigian

They are Silent and Fast moving, a sight to see....imagine not knowing what they are and see this string moving across the sky , think it was around 4 AM when I saw it moving SW to NE

fishlessman

eventually it will kill off the last remaining north american right whales......as does windmills and lobstah traps.

HeavyG

Another Starlink launch is scheduled for tomorrow so you may see another temporary train for the next day or so post-launch.

hoosier_egger

technology is kewl

dmchicago

lkapigian said:

They are Silent and Fast moving, a sight to see....imagine not knowing what they are and see this string moving across the sky , think it was around 4 AM when I saw it moving SW to NE

Yeah, if I wasn’t aware of their existence, I would have gone home and flushed my Platinum Girl Scout Cookie down the toilet. 

alaskanassasin

https://findstarlink.com/

alaskanassasin

Should be here at 9:06 maybe it won’t be overcast

SamIAm2

Next Starlink launch scheduled this evening. Launch window 9:17 - to 9:37 PM. I might just step outside and watch it from my backyard deck.

SamIAm2

Well, the launch scrubbed at 9:31PM