[chbot] Starlink "train" tonight

[Charles Manning]

The 14 SVs are only a small batch of all the Starlink SVs that are up there.
60 SVs were launched  a few days ago (Launch 12 aka v1.0 L11) and are
slowly repositioned from there into their orbits and "trains" only exist
for a few days.

The Heavens Above App is pretty useful for keeping an eye on what's flying
past. Some of the "satellites" we see are really space junk - for example
rocket bodies. Some of that dates back to the 1980s or earlier.



On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 7:46 PM Simeon Pilgrim <simeon.pilgrim at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Charles, that was really cool, thanks for mentioning it. I was surprised
> to only count 14 satellites, and the spacing was more non-uniform than I
> expected.
>
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 18:13, Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A whole new box full of Starlinks were launched a few days ago and seem
>> to still be in a "train" with 14 or so scheduled to pass by within a 2
>> minute window. In a few days they will disperse into more spread out orbits.
>>
>> Should be visible from Chch about 19:40 - clouds permitting.
>>
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