That was before SpaceX added sunshades to Starlink, which reduces their brightness in their final orbits to below the threshold for naked eye visibility. https:

That was before SpaceX added sunshades to Starlink, which reduces their brightness in their final orbits to below the threshold for naked eye visibility. https://www.spacex.com/updates/starlink-update-04-28-2020/ https://www.spacex.com/updates/starlink-update-04-28-2020/