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> On my early morning walk I can see the satellites as very bright (much brighter than the stars) line across the sky. No you do not. Satellites, when visibl
by coiledsnake 6y ago
> On my early morning walk I can see the satellites as very bright (much brighter than the stars) line across the sky.
No you do not. Satellites, when visible by the naked eye, are seen as point sources of light. Dots, not lines. One of two things has happened here: Either you saw meteor showers and mistook them for satellites (meteors move fast enough to be seen as lines, not points of light) or you saw long-exposure photographs of satellites online, assumed that is what it would look like through your eyeballs as well, and BSed your story about seeing them yourself.
> Edit. Already downvoted for stating a fact.
More likely you were downvoted for either being mistaken or for lying.
- mempko 6y ago> No you do not. Satellites, when visible by the naked eye, are seen as point sources of light. Dots, not lines. It was 60 satellites spaced together very closely after they were ejected from the rocket. From far away they look like a bright line just like the pixels of your monitor look like a line (even though they are just dots).