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Related: About this forumView the long freight train of satellites in the Starlink Group.
As many here already know, Musk launched the first of the Starlink sats on Thursday. They will eventually be used for global internet (pending Space Force Supreme Command approval, I guess).
Anyway, the schedule is now up at n2yo. For those unfamiliar with the satellite tracking site, just click "10 day predictions" here and see when they will be visiting your neighborhood. It takes about ten minutes to go horizon to horizon.
It's best to register if you plan to check often for this or ISS tracking because it keeps your location. They don't seem to spam.
https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=74001
Here they are streaming across the Netherlands skies on Friday:
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To be honest, I'm not sure I'm going to like seeing these once they're all streaking around like a hypersonic legion of lightning bugs. They're said to be very bright.
Read more about them on Jalopnik:
https://jalopnik.com/spacexs-starlink-satellites-are-forming-an-impressive-c-1835036656
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)You can register at NASA and they'll send an email whenever it's within viewing sight of your location. I'd like to see this as well, so I might as well register and take a gander. If nothing else I get to look to look at all the beautiful stars. Thanks for the post!
JohnnyRingo
(18,628 posts)It gives a ten day prediction rated by viewing quality.
It's usually cloudy that night though.
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)Itll be fun to watch for this....my kiddo will love it.
brooklynite
(94,553 posts)http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1898610_1898625_1898640,00.html
Elon Musk is a great inventor; he is not necessarily a great businessman.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)If SpaceX can control costs... at 200$ it's only double the cost of a regular cable modem to the end user. Compare a old Motorola flip phone to an iridium-compatible phone from the 90's. (Let alone service costs.)
If this works out like getting Fibre wirelessly, Comcast is dead in the water.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)They are at 440km altitude, and will be boosted to 550km shortly.
They're already hard to spot, most of the time. They don't look like that photo unless optimal viewing angle. I spotted two of them last night, but they didn't glow like that, I just caught a couple bright flashes as they apparently rotated.