A line of Starlink satellites went over our heads last night
Last night, off the coast of Georgia, we were having a late night swim. We saw this line moving quickly across the sky and snapped a picture. We weren’t sure what they were at first, so we looked it up and found out they were Starlink satellites on their way to their final destinations.
“Because of the large number of satellites needed, Starlink launches up to 50 satellites at a time. The mass launch creates a straight- or curved-line appearance in the sky. The line is visible for a few months until the satellites spread out and reach their final altitude.â€
“They are initially deployed at about 150 miles up and then they climb up to almost 350 miles, then they’re turned on,â€