Starlink - 60 satellites in a train through the air!
Starlink - satellite from Elon Musk - SpaceX
Next nights there is a train of 60 satellites to be seen in the air! On this an informative blog, with tips on how to go see it yourself, and with a link for photo - tips! For The English readers, you can translate this blog with the button above, a satillite -train 'Starlink' from Elon Musk SpaceX.
The American space company SpaceX is building up a satellite network. This network should start giving fast access to the Internet. In total, the Starlink project will consist of thousands of satellites that will float in relatively low orbit around the Earth (about 440 km, climbing to 550). It is already the largest satellite network in the world, while 60 satellites have only been launched a few times, and SpaceX is licensed for tens of thousands of satellites!
If you want to know more about Starlink's plans, please read on the Wikipedia
The sixty satellites now on display were launched by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral (Florida, USA) on the night of 16 - 17 April 2020.
Tonight 21 April 2020, we can see the satellites passing by at 22:00 hours Dutch time from West to East! And at 11:35, there's a second chance.
