Comment on Starlink satellite-train visible with the naked eyeparentComments−mikeash7yThere are well over a thousand operational satellites in low earth orbit currently, plus I don’t know how many dead ones. Have you noticed those?They’re only visible for about an hour after sunset, since the satellite itself still has to be illuminated to be visible.−CorvusCrypto7yHmm no. That does put me at more ease.And yeah I included that last part in the estimate for seeing up to 50, otherwise the projection would be of course up to half of all of them.−mikeash7yDon’t get me wrong, Starlink will be a substantial increase in the number of satellites. But if you don’t notice them now, it probably won’t be overwhelming after.
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There are well over a thousand operational satellites in low earth orbit currently, plus I don’t know how many dead ones. Have you noticed those?
They’re only visible for about an hour after sunset, since the satellite itself still has to be illuminated to be visible.
Hmm no. That does put me at more ease.
And yeah I included that last part in the estimate for seeing up to 50, otherwise the projection would be of course up to half of all of them.
Don’t get me wrong, Starlink will be a substantial increase in the number of satellites. But if you don’t notice them now, it probably won’t be overwhelming after.