Star Link

[Jim62]

Just curious if anyone else has ever seen the Star Link sattelites going across the night sky. We are rural and use Star Link which we love and the other morning when I took the dog out I got to see the Star Link sattelites going across the sky to the south. It was pretty cool to watch, but odd since the Star Link dish has to face north and the sattelites went across in the southern sky. But, I'm not in the know on it's intricate details of how it works, I just know it works great and is fast and dependable even in bad weather.

 

[urumomo]

It's a constellation of satellites so you were just seeing the satellites that the sun was illuminating and unable to illuminate the ones to the north

 

[RocketRanger]

You can visit the Heavens Above website at https://www.heavens-above.com/ to find out when satellites of all kinds will be passing over your location and where to look for them. The International Space Station (ISS) is particularly easy to spot and very interesting to watch.

 

[blakeh1]

I could be wrong, but what I think you are seeing is the "train" of recently launched satellites

i.e. for a few weeks or so they appear in a line of satellites, but eventually disperse into their final intended orbits as become much harder to see

 

[Jim62]

It's a constellation of satellites so you were just seeing the satellites that the sun was illuminating and unable to illuminate the ones to the north

Somehow I knew you would have some info. Thanks and it is cool to see them.

 

[Jim62]

You can visit the Heavens Above website at https://www.heavens-above.com/ to find out when satellites of all kinds will be passing over your location and where to look for them. The International Space Station (ISS) is particularly easy to spot and very interesting to watch.

I have very little light interference so I see sattelites regularly and the ISS from time to time. If I'm outside and it's dark I'm looking up.

 

[Jim62]

I could be wrong, but what I think you are seeing is the "train" of recently launched satellites

i.e. for a few weeks or so they appear in a line of satellites, but eventually disperse into their final intended orbits as become much harder to see

It was definately a train of sattelites. One right after another on the same track.