These plots assume 53 degree inclined orbits at 550 km altitude, with 24 evenly spaced orbital planes, each having 66 #Starlink satellites. The total constellation would have 1584 objects. This is the initial @SpaceX plan for #Starlink.
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At 52 degree latitude, these 550 km orbits are illuminated throughout the night from May to mid-August. During those summer nights
#Starlink satellites will be visible all the time.Näytä tämä ketju -
But even in the spring, autumn and winter, around half a dozen
#Starlink satellites will be visible at anytime upto 3 hours before sunrise and 3 hours after sunset. Depending on how bright they end up being, this will have a drastic impact on the character of the night sky.Näytä tämä ketju -
For locations at lower latitudes, the situation is only slightly better. At 34 degree latitude, say Los Angeles, up to 10
#Starlink satellites will be visible during twilight. At those latitudes the satellites will be invisible for only 4 hours in typical a summers night.pic.twitter.com/qZ5iJTabtm
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It's unclear what this would mean for a 12000 satellites, as the details of their orbits are not known. A rough guess would be to multiply these numbers by a factor of 7 (12000/1600). So around 70 to 100 satellites visible during twilight at any time and any location!
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@markmccaughrean. Here's a plot for the case of 7500@SpaceX#Starlink satellites at 340 km altitude. Here, I assumed 75 orbital planes with 100 satellites each. There'll be around 40 sunlit and above 30 degrees elevation at any time during twilight.pic.twitter.com/s9cQj3b2uT
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Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Thank you for doing the maths! It'a always good to put numbers on that kind of things.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Tämä twiitti ei ole saatavilla.
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Only 200 fly over my house at mag 5+ *all* night, so the number 2000 looks made up to me!
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