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SPACEX | NASA | Space Exploration | Other Space Ventures
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i was coming back from sheffield and passing over blacka moor about 00.20 this morning and saw a very bright "light " next to the moon so i pulled over and being a very clear cold night i thought i would have a look at the sky with no light pollution....i then realised it was moving and presumed it was the ISS moving from west to east but it was extremely bright and looked way bigger from when i have seen it before....then just as it disappeared i noticed to the south about 50 or 60 lights moving again from west to east in a straight line.....i presume this was the starlink satellites but the weird thing was they seemed to be moving at different speeds...almost like they were catching up to the one in front and slowing down.... were my eyes playing tricks?
and can anyone confirm it was the ISS and starlink.....and it is unusual to see them literally seconds after each other?
and can anyone confirm it was the ISS and starlink.....and it is unusual to see them literally seconds after each other?
grunge
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According to my ISS app it was going over from 00.18 - 00.23 this morning so thats probably part of it.
None of the starlink trackers I have seen are close to accurate though.
None of the starlink trackers I have seen are close to accurate though.
grunge
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57 star links were launched 4 days ago so maybe quite well bunched still. they also launched 2 other satalites at the same time.
ultimateharold
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i was coming back from sheffield and passing over blacka moor about 00.20 this morning and saw a very bright "light " next to the moon so i pulled over and being a very clear cold night i thought i would have a look at the sky with no light pollution....i then realised it was moving and presumed it was the ISS moving from west to east but it was extremely bright and looked way bigger from when i have seen it before....then just as it disappeared i noticed to the south about 50 or 60 lights moving again from west to east in a straight line.....i presume this was the starlink satellites but the weird thing was they seemed to be moving at different speeds...almost like they were catching up to the one in front and slowing down.... were my eyes playing tricks?
and can anyone confirm it was the ISS and starlink.....and it is unusual to see them literally seconds after each other?
Most likely yeah, they are all together and gradually separate out. Yet to see a trail myself, the stars have never aligned as it were.
Marklr
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Launch in an hour
Cancelled until Saturday.
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