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Lights in the sky above Montana on Saturday night
GREAT FALLS — A number of individuals shared movies with KRTV of a string of lights within the skies over Montana on Saturday night time. The lights have been almost certainly Starlink satellites passing overhead.
The web site FindStarlink.com confirms that the satellites have been above our space on the time the movies have been shot, and famous that visibility of the satellites on the time was “vivid.”
The web site additionally notes that “the satellites transfer actually quick, and journey your entire world in 90 minutes. Each 90 minutes, they return to the identical level (however just a little additional away). That is why typically you possibly can see them once more inside 2 hours of a earlier sighting.”
Extra alternatives for “good” visibility in Montana, in response to the web site:
11:06 pm, 14 Could 2022
Starlink-G4-15 (new), BRIGHT (3.3) for five minutes
Look from NORTHWEST (299°) to NORTHWEST (305°)
Elevation (from horizon): begin: 10°, max: 56°, finish: 56°9:43 pm, 15 Could 2022
Starlink-G4-15 (new), BRIGHT (3.7) for 4 minutes
Look from NORTHWEST (309°) to EAST (84°)
Elevation (from horizon): begin: 10°, max: 34°, finish: 10°9:54 pm, 16 Could 2022
Starlink-G4-15 (new), BRIGHT (2.6) for five minutes
Look from NORTHWEST (304°) to EAST (98°)
Elevation (from horizon): begin: 10°, max: 54°, finish: 17°10:04 pm, 17 Could 2022
Starlink-G4-15 (new), BRIGHT (1.9) for five minutes
Look from NORTHWEST (297°) to SOUTHEAST (127°)
Elevation (from horizon): begin: 11°, max: 79°, finish: 27°
This isn’t the primary time individuals have reported seeing uncommon lights over Montana. In December 2019, individuals in and round Browning, Rocky Boy, and Lodgepole shared pictures that confirmed a row of vivid lights within the sky, and other people in different areas of Montana reported seeing them, too. It occurred once more in December 2020, and once more in Could 2021.
A whole bunch of Starlink satellites have been launched over the past a number of years; they supply high-speed web to clients who join service, utilizing small satellite tv for pc dishes often mounted on roof-tops. Click on right here to learn extra about it.
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Video from related occasion in Could 2021:
Starlink satellites over Montana