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We saw them tonight - probably 40-50 satellites passing overhead in a straight line. It was really weird - I've never seen anything like it before.

It appears to be part of a Space-X plan to launch over 12,000 satellites into low-earth orbit in order to make the internet available worldwide.

Link:https://www.forbes.com/sites/j...lained/#5130221b7cbc




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Yes it’s the star link constellation - just more debris and space junk
 
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Nothing here, guess there were too many clouds.
 
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Yes it’s the star link constellation - just more debris and space junk


This was my first thought bout this. The scene from Wall-E where the Earth is in a bubble of space trash.



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A great band once said "satellites move 'cross the sky and every year they multiply"
 
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If/when these things fail, do they hit ground with severe casualties or do they burn up in atmosphere? It’s a lot to come raining down.

I’m reminded of Dead Like Me.

ETA: how do I see them?




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If/when these things fail, do they hit ground with severe casualties or do they burn up in atmosphere? It’s a lot to come raining down.

I’m reminded of Dead Like Me.


They'd have to be massive to not burn up, you are safe.



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I'm not particularly fond of Elon Musk and this is just another reason to distrust this slimeball. After he gets his 42,000 satellite constellation up his next step may be to announce that he is going to charge a toll for any space vehicle passing thru his belt of satellites.


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I'm not particularly fond of Elon Musk and this is just another reason to distrust this slimeball. After he gets his 42,000 satellite constellation up his next step may be to announce that he is going to charge a toll for any space vehicle passing thru his belt of satellites.


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I haven't seen them. What time of night and in what direction are they visible?



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I haven't seen them. What time of night and in what direction are they visible?

I saw them about two weeks ago moving west to east about 45 minutes to an hour after sunset.


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I haven't seen them. What time of night and in what direction are they visible?


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Yup. I posted about it a month ago. Right when this Covid got going so I assumed it was an alien invasion.

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...500061864#4500061864




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Impossible I tell ya, the "Phoenix Lights" usually stay local!


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I've seen these films, and I feel confident this is a mistake, a day we humans will ultimately rue.

Someone needs to stop Boston Dynamics and Musk and Zuckerburg and Google and Amazon and Apple, I mean SkyNet, before it's too late.

And I'm only half kidding.

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The string of 50 or 60 from the launch a few days ago appeared in the sky last night at 10:08 PM. From my location they all appeared to pass between the crescent Moon and Venus. Pretty show!
 
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Saw another string of them over my neck of the woods sitting on the deck Friday 4-17.

I was a little stunned at first, then just mad. It really seems like a distraction from nature.

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If you want to see them, this site will tell you when they will be visible to you:

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Does anyone read Morse Code?



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