Re: Starlink 6 observed 23 min after launch

From: C. Bassa via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:42:07 +0200
The Starlink satellites were also seen on the second pass at 21:24UTC,
while only at 4.7 degrees in elevation. Thanks to the excellent
weather we've been having in the Netherlands they were easily visible.
The stack was already elongated, spanning about 9 arcminutes. At
1375km distance, that corresponds to about 3.7 km separation, just
under 2 hours after launch. Some flashes of the deployment rods were
also seen.

Good luck to the US/Canadian and Asian observers tracking these
satellites tonight. I'll be quite spectacular while they're all still
close together and easily visible in evening twilight.

Regards,
   Cees

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:34 PM Marco Langbroek <marco_at_langbroek.org> wrote:
>
> Op 22-4-2020 om 22:15 schreef C. Bassa via Seesat-l:
>
> > The elongated blob could not be split into individual components,
> > which suggests the upper stage was still nearby.
>
> In binoculars I could see the Falcon r/b clearly separate from the elongated
> mass of satellites (the latter looked like one elongated object). Plus the four
> flashing rods surrounding them in paralellogram-shape.
>
> Looking at my video, it all was about 28 seconds early on my elset estimate and
> about 0.5 deg cross-track.
>
> - Marco
>
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