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by Lapsed 1746 days ago
You can't see starlink satellites with the naked eye once they are in their operational orbit. I'm sure many people find it useful to be able to attend school: https://www.pcmag.com/news/native-american-tribe-gets-early-...
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olivierduval 1745 days ago
So what is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgysWWwESfU&t=2s ?

And it's only with 700 satellites around the world right now...

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Lapsed 1739 days ago
This is shortly after launch while the satellites are still tumbling. Within a few days they align themselves so that their sunshields reduce their brightness and over the next few months they will raise them selves to their operational orbit.
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