Elon Musk have magnanimous dreams and one of them is to create a satellite constellation that provide a service internet broadband, low latency and global coverage at low cost. To do this, he created the project Starlink and since 2019 has released more than 2,500 special vehicles from the rockets SpaceX, the tycoon’s aerospace company. Many people confuse them with ufo, but nothing is further from reality: it is the ‘train of lights‘ by Musk and this weekend it can be seen from Barcelona. We tell you the best hours in which you can enjoy this freak.
The last launch of these artificial satellites took place on Sunday night from the US Space Force Base in Cape Canaveral, Florida. on board the rocket Falcon 9 of SpaceXwhich is already the seventh time that it has gone into space with the Starlink mission, 51 satellites were going.
Once launched, the devices are directed towards their orbit forming what looks like a row of stars. This phenomenon is often called a ‘star train’ or ‘satellite train’ and the last time one was seen from Iberian Peninsula It was in May 2021. Last January, one of the thousands of satellites disintegrated over Spain in a spectacular fireball.
Small but reflective
Starlink satellites are visible from Earth because, despite their relatively small size (they measure seven meters and weigh 1,250 kilos), they reflect a lot Sun light. These reflections are only appreciated by the human eye in two very specific time slots: during the sunsets y sunriseswhen the sky is dark, but the sunlight It already reaches the vehicles.
If all goes well, there will be two more releases this Sunday and Monday. How can they be seen in row indiaIt’s not crazy to think of something alien. This has been made known by different users on social networks. Others have associated them with the shooting of spaceships from the movies ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Star Trek’. Unlike the movie ‘Don’t Look Up‘, we invite you to look up and appreciate this phenomenon.
When and where to look
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According to the website Fndstarlink.com, the best opportunities to see the phenomenon from Barcelona, if the cielo is clear, they will be this Friday at 9:32 p.m. and for five minutes. fans of the astronomy they will have to look from the southwest to the south. This Saturday you will also be able to watch it for another five minutes. It will be from 9:46 p.m., but from southwest to northwest.
The ‘train of lights’ will not be seen on Sunday. On the other hand, on Monday at 8:44 p.m., looking from southwest to northeast, it may be seen for five minutes and only with a brilliant outfit.
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