Satellites going over Kent Sussex

Satellites going over Kent Sussex

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29 December 2019 at 19:36 #443770
Hacksaw
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I was outside having a fag , and a string of satellites went over ,about 18.30 tonight .. one after the other , for around 10 minutes . Not as bright as the space station , but easily visible . Not seen them before , what are they for then ?
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29 December 2019 at 19:36 #34418
Hacksaw
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29 December 2019 at 19:43 #443775
Martin Connelly
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I saw a recent news report about mini internet satellites causing problems for astronomers as they caused streaks of light across the sky.

**LINK**

Martin C
29 December 2019 at 19:44 #443776
V8Eng
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Maybe a long shot how about this I saw on the news?

link to item on BBC here:-

Comms Satellites

Martin obviously can type faster than me!

Edited By V8Eng on 29/12/2019 19:48:30
29 December 2019 at 19:54 #443782
Hacksaw
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@hacksaw
Ah, that'll be them that I saw ..I hadn't seen that report .
29 December 2019 at 20:15 #443790
daveb
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Took me back to standing in the garden with my dad waiting for Sputnik to appear.

That was a few years ago.

We saw it too!
29 December 2019 at 20:51 #443801
Michael Gilligan
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Copied from my post in November, on another thread:

I’ve just downloaded this from the iOS AppStore: **LINK**

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/orbit-satellite-tracking/id1141694548

It’s free, and appears to do what it should.

MichaelG.
29 December 2019 at 21:11 #443804
Paul Lousick
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I have been watching old episodes of the X-Files. Mulder would know what the un-identified objects in the sky are.

Paul
30 December 2019 at 12:32 #443867
Neil Wyatt
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What are they?

A pain in the proverbial…

Neil
30 December 2019 at 12:48 #443869
Mike Poole
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@mikepoole82104
Might have been Santa he’s quite busy round this time of year

Mike
30 December 2019 at 13:39 #443873
JA
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Four Horseman of the Apocalypse?

JA
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