anyone else see the spacex falcon 9 come over just before 9pm today.. ... - .- -.




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I've just come in after failing to see the 21:34 passing.
Didn't know about your 21:00 sighting. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
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yes the 9.34 viewing was pants....we watched the falcon 9 launch and realised thats path was over the UK , waited and around 9pm it came over..very bright and big.. ... - .- -.




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Quote from findstarlink.com....

April 21 and 22, 2020
Hello,
I'm very sorry Starlink wasn't very visible in the last 3 nights. About 20-25 satellites were expected to be seen, but only 1 or 2 of them were seen. In many places, people did not see any satellites at all. I know how annoying it is to wait outside and not see anything.
I'm still looking into the reason for this. I believe it's due to either not enough sunlight getting reflected (i.e. too long after sunset), or the owner of these satellites turning them around.
I checked other satellite tracking tools (including tools astronomers use, like Heavens Above), and they all had the same prediction as mine (i.e. same time and direction).
The prediction worked on Sun, April 19, with hundreds of successful sighting emails received from across UK and Europe. So it's not a timezone issue. The results have always been in your local timezone (including daylight savings).
Strangely enough, I'm still getting reports of successful sightings in other parts of the world. The site/app has served successful Starlink sightings since May 2019 to tens of thousands of users across the world, so I'm still investigating why only the last 3 nights have been failing over the UK.
Again, I apologize for the disappointing event, and hope to have better news soon.
Thanks, and regards
~cmdr2

Hopefully we will have an answer soon so that we can see what some have described as awesome!
However I did manage to see Bats flying around my home, a first for a few years. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
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we were lucky to see sundays pass which was spectacular, at least 50 odd were very visible....its a shame the last 3 nights were a failure...

I'm hopeful starlink 7 will use the same trajectory as last night and sround the same time.... ... - .- -.




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Lets just hope that Starlink doesn't develop itself into Skynet and terminate humanity!!

Oh wait, Havent the Chinese started this already by releasing Covid-19...……

At least the skies are clearer!!

Just been playing with my Satellite Tracker app, I have only selected 30 of the 357 Starlink satellites

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Wonder who will have right of way up there?the ISS or starlink? It'll be like trying to get across a level crossing before the barriers come down.

what's it going to be like when all 40000 have been launched? don't fancy a trip to the ISS then. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
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You can see a scenario like Gravity happening when the ISS gets whacked by one of these satellites! Or a Russian or Chinese satellite being taken out by one. Then they wI'll see it as American revenge for covid-19!

For those still interested The Sky at Night on BBC had an interesting article about Starlink. Available on iPlayer. Range Rover 4.2 Supercharged 2006
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We don't get dark skies at this time of year this far North......it's still pretty light at 11pm and the sun gets up around 4am, so not much chance of star gazing.

Come the winter, it's a completely different ball game......plenty to see in the sky if you have a windscreen wiper on your telescope

Mike