Starlink satellites visible this weekend

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Many ABC13 viewers witnessed the Space X Starlink satellites on Friday night. If you missed viewing them, you can see them again Saturday night.

Starlink will be visible on Saturday at 8:53 p.m., for about 5 minutes. The satellites will travel across the night sky from W to NE.

The Starlink satellites are a “satellite train” of lights. These are communication satellites providing internet coverage on a global scale. The satellites rotate the globe about 340 miles above the ground.

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Many report they resemble UFOs or Santa and his reindeer.

The satellite train will also be visible Sunday night at 8:59 p.m.