SpaceX Starlink satellite ‘train’ and stunning aurora captured by astronaut
A photo from the space station shows the Aurora Australis and traces of SpaceX satellites.
NASA
There is something better than a bird’s eye view. It is the perspective that astronauts can enjoy from the International Space Station.
If you whip around the planet in a relatively low orbit, you can see not only a significant portion of the Earth’s surface, but also the atmosphere and space above it.
The above photo was taken by the ISS on April 13 is shared via NASA’s Gateway Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. The picture of this world (or at least over this world) shows the light green Aurora australis from a viewpoint somewhere over the Indian Ocean.
If you take a closer look at the center of the picture, you will see a series of staggered strips. identified as a Starlink satellite owned and operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Satellite tracker Marco Langbroek The photo has been annotated to identify each of the visible satellites:
Many flying routers are hidden in sight.
NASA / M. Langbroek
Starlink was a somewhat controversial undertaking. The goal is to bring broadband internet services to almost every place on earth. However, this plan provides for the launch of thousands of satellites. With only a few hundred currently in orbit, astronomers say that device-sized objects are already interfering with scientific observations.
The problem is that the satellites are more reflective than expected (which SpaceX has promised to correct), which makes it relatively easy to spot them from Earth … and apparently from the space station too.
Look at that:
Are SpaceX Starlink satellites ruining the night sky?
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