This Sunday, a ‘constellation’ of Starlink satellites It crossed the sky of Spain and could be detected by numerous citizens in various parts of the Peninsula, as recorded on social networks.
Starlink is a satellite network developed by spacexcompany founded by Elon Musk, which aims bring internet to every corner of the planet. Starlink’s idea is to place a total of 12,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, of which about 3,500 are already in space and already operational.
The Starlink company intends, therefore, to create a ‘constellation’ of internet satellites orbiting planet Earth to provide broadband internet service, global coverage and low latency at a low cost. It was the main SpaceX project that, in its beginnings, was thought about a potential colonization of Mars by humans.
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The company has successfully developed, among other projects, the Dragon and Dragon 2 reusable cargo spacecraft, the second having delivered astronauts to the International Space Station.
It is not the first time that Starlink satellites have been visible, but they continue to attract attention and confusing many people who witnessed it for the first time. It is expected that this Monday you can see it again.
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Via Internet you can know the routes they make. In this page findstarlink.com We can check if they have already passed through our population. For example in Barcelona will be able to see a few minutes after dark, around 6:57 p.m.
According to the portal, the satellites will be perfectly visible at that time. And since high cloudiness is not expected, a simple view can be observed.