Staying in North Wales' beautiful Eryri (Snowdonia) for a few days has afforded us nights with incredibly dark skies.
Our daughter saw the biggest shooting star ever and my son in law saw loads of satellites all from the comfort of a hot tub!
I was chuffed when he pointed out two satellite's to me, both white dots of light several metres apart moving in tandem across the night.
Like a train he said. It's Starlink.
I'd never seen it before and was amazed and was gobsmacked as to how much stuff is up there in general.
I had to look it up to see what Starlink looks like.
They're sort of flat upright panels, a bit like windows in a line.
I wonder if there's a toy version?
Have you seen Starlink readers? Anything else floating round?

Witnessed just today the launch and deployment of 26 new Starlink satellites, brought into orbit by a very exciting Spacex Starship 14 mission. It still gives me the chills to think that I am able to witness all that live in my lifetime.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Arto. 26! Did it happen in Helsinki?
DeleteThe missus and I visited Snowdonia last year and I was amazed at the mountainous landscapes.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see any satellites but...