| Starlink videos [message #390696] |
Mon, 03 February 2020 21:34  |
Dan Espen
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Here's one of many Starlink videos on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l58nWIvyYs0
If I counted right, that's 28, not the 60 that are supposed to be there.
I haven't found out yet what the final spacing will be.
They're supposed to make new ones less shiny.
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| Re: Starlink videos [message #390703 is a reply to message #390696] |
Tue, 04 February 2020 02:22  |
Andy Burns
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Dan Espen wrote:
> If I counted right, that's 28, not the 60 that are supposed to be there.
They let each batch of 60 "float free" and disperse themselves, then
they move them into place, some overtaking other. Find a suitable
twilight time and place to view them, whether you like the idea of them
or not, it's quite impressive.
> I haven't found out yet what the final spacing will be.
> They're supposed to make new ones less shiny.
I think only one "dull" one in each of the last two batches, to test if
that makes them overheat or not.
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| Re: Starlink videos [message #390704 is a reply to message #390703] |
Tue, 04 February 2020 02:32 |
Andy Burns
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Andy Burns wrote:
> Dan Espen wrote:
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>> If I counted right, that's 28, not the 60 that are supposed to be there.
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> They let each batch of 60 "float free" and disperse themselves, then
> they move them into place, some overtaking other. Find a suitable
> twilight time and place to view them, whether you like the idea of them
> or not, it's quite impressive.
This tracker tells you how many to expect in each "train"
<https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink-1>
<https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink-2>
<https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink-3>
<https://james.darpinian.com/satellites/?special=starlink-4>
How many you see also depends quite precisely on you being in relative
darkness, while each of them is in sunlight from over the horizon,
they're visible from the UK pre-dawn at the moment, I saw them over the
New Year after dusk.
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