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Just a question. Will we actually see those things in the nightsky? I hope not...

• ceejayoz 6y ago
  Yes, they're visible in the night sky (close to dawn/dusk; you won't see one at 2am).
  • sunseb 6y ago
    Thanks your answer! :)
• modeless 6y ago
  Yes, for a week or so, if they happen to fly over your location within an hour or so after sunset or before sunrise, not in the middle of the night. After that they will start rotating to reduce their visibility and become more difficult to see. After a few weeks they will reach higher orbits and become invisible to the naked eye from most locations. One satellite in this batch has an experimental sunshade which should make it completely invisible to the naked eye regardless of the location, once it reaches its final orbit. This sunshade will likely be on every satellite in subsequent launches.
• joezydeco 6y ago
  https://findstarlink.com/ https://findstarlink.com/
• elif 6y ago
  In November I was tramping remote mountains in New Zealand, staring into the sky, then there was an extra bright satellite, then another, then another. I just laid there in awe. After about a dozen in the train, it occured to me that it must be starlink or aliens due to the number of coorbital satellites. I actually teared up, not because the sky was "ruined" but because humanity had become part of the stars, and more than just a blip. My imagination ran forward to Gibson's detuned TV skies.
• bryanlarsen 6y ago
  One of the satellites in yesterday's launch has a test visor system that should make it invisible to the naked eye once it has precessed into it's final orbit (which takes a couple months). If successful they'll apply it to all satellites so only the small portion of the constellation launched to date will be visible during dawn & dusk. The lifespan of these satellites is 5 years.