Weird Lights in the Sky at 6am

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#270195 28-Apr-2020 06:21

Hopped outside at 6am to check the weather, saw the ISS, but it wasn't as bright, but there was another behind it, maybe 25 seconds behind, then another, then another, lost count at 10, but was about 20 of them. Ok, aircraft flying people probably from somewhere West to East. Checked Flightradar and nothing up there, at least nothing with transponders. All I can think of is people being flown from AUS to Argentina.

Any idea? In ChCh

Saw a massive meteor going down to the South too!

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#2472477 28-Apr-2020 06:26

The star link train?

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#2472478 28-Apr-2020 06:38

mudguard: The star link train?

Didn't know about that, Googled, yes that's it, thanks. What a sight. Looked exactly like aircraft in brightness and speed. So its not 5000 people going to Argentina or a new war, thats good!

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#2472479 28-Apr-2020 06:47

My girlfriend and I were at a beach in late January trying to photograph late evening bio luminescence when we saw them for the first time.
My girlfriend immediately said aliens, and for a split second my usual cynicism disappeared. Quite unnerving, but very cool.

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#2472480 28-Apr-2020 06:49

Yes Elon Musk is changing the sky. In years to come we may not see many stars. Just these lights above earth.

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#2472481 28-Apr-2020 06:52

So not someone heading down to Maccas for Level 3 burgers then........ :-)

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#2472482 28-Apr-2020 07:03

Dingbatt:

So not someone heading down to Maccas for Level 3 burgers then........ :-)

I bet that hits the news tonight, switch the supermarket queues to cars down the road. The service speed is apparently increased, add that to the special level 3 treat, no thanks

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#2472524 28-Apr-2020 07:31

Government testing of 5G death ray.... nothing to worry about😃

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#2472525 28-Apr-2020 07:51

Dingbatt:

So not someone heading down to Maccas for Level 3 burgers then........ :-)

Must have been these guys then

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/300000384/coronavirus-mcdonalds-drivethrough-queue-before-dawn-for-level3-fast-food-fix

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#2472585 28-Apr-2020 09:51

It's that •£¢∞£∞£∞£ Musk ruining the night sky with pollution.

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#2472587 28-Apr-2020 09:57

Geektastic:

It's that •£¢∞£∞£∞£ Musk ruining the night sky with pollution.

And the level of space junk up there is unreal.

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#2472588 28-Apr-2020 09:59

NumPy: Yes Elon Musk is changing the sky. In years to come we may not see many stars. Just these lights above earth.

If that came to pass it would be a travesty.

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#2472600 28-Apr-2020 10:10

Technofreak:

NumPy: Yes Elon Musk is changing the sky. In years to come we may not see many stars. Just these lights above earth.

If that came to pass it would be a travesty.

It will be. I saw 15 to 20 this morning, about star brightness. If he puts thousands up there, and they are all moving it will be a mess, as they will be overhead wherever you are located

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#2472677 28-Apr-2020 10:44

rogercruse:

Government testing of 5G death ray.... nothing to worry about😃

You can only see this because the Earth is flat.

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#2472679 28-Apr-2020 10:45

tdgeek:

Starlink is a satellite constellation being constructed by American company SpaceX to provide satellite Internet access. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), working in combination with ground transceivers.

So on that basis, how will spacecraft exit Earth's atmosphere in order to travel afar, if there's so many objects in geosynchronous orbit?

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#2472682 28-Apr-2020 10:50

Handsomedan:

tdgeek:

Starlink is a satellite constellation being constructed by American company SpaceX to provide satellite Internet access. The constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), working in combination with ground transceivers.

So on that basis, how will spacecraft exit Earth's atmosphere in order to travel afar, if there's so many objects in geosynchronous orbit?

If they are fixed, I guess they can be planned for. Wonder how laucnches deal woth the space junk up there

Information correct as of February 2020

Number of rocket launches since the start of the space age in 1957:
About 5560 (excluding failures)

Number of satellites these rocket launches have placed into Earth orbit:
About 9600

Number of these still in space:
About 5500

Number of these still functioning:
About 2300

Number of debris objects regularly tracked by Space Surveillance Networks and maintained in their catalogue:
About 22 300

Estimated number of break-ups, explosions, collisions, or anomalous events resulting in fragmentation:
More than 500

Total mass of all space objects in Earth orbit:
More than 8800 tonnes

Number of debris objects estimated by statistical models to be in orbit:
34 000 objects >10 cm
900 000 objects from greater than 1 cm to 10 cm
128 million objects from greater than 1 mm to 1 cm

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