July 14, 20:40, Zhengzhong Village, Wangfu Township, Chun'an County, Hangzhou. Some netizens posted a video saying: UFOs were found in the night sky, 22 of them were connected in a line, flew from the edge of the sky on the side of the deep mountain, flew into the middle of the night sky and disappeared one by one from the front to the back.
After the video went viral, it quickly aroused public attention and heated discussions!
Some netizens said: This is Musk Starlink.
Some netizens questioned, "It's a drone group, in the air can form graphics, text, etc., but also can change a variety of colors, don't fuss, in Shenzhen this kind of drone performance is too normal." ”
"Don't talk about Starlink, are you carrying Hubble, you can't see it at all, tens of thousands of meters away from the earth." Unless a satellite is as tall as an eight-story building, you can't see it. ”
For the statement of the drone, the Chun'an netizen who posted the video said, "It should not be (the drone), this is the deep mountains and old forests." ”
There are also netizens popular science, "Starlink is low orbit, and the situation in the video is that the Starlink satellite launched is not scattered, it is a line." ”
Is it a drone or Starlink?
Authoritative sources said that the phenomenon observed by netizens this time, which was also detected by the astronomy department, should belong to the star chain.
This time Starlink was launched on July 10, and over time, Starlink will spread out entirely. Before dispersing, it was a line state that everyone witnessed, and the approximate direction was to fly from northwest to southeast.
According to reports: At 11:58 Beijing time on July 10, the American company SpaceX used a 16-handed Falcon 9 rocket (B1058.16) in Kajiao to launch 22 V2 mini Starlink satellites, breaking the record for rocket reuse. The first stage booster successfully landed on a marine recovery vessel.
At this point, the total number of Starlink satellite launches has increased to 4768, of which about 4435 are still orbiting the Earth.
Netizens in many places observed Starlink
The reporter noticed that in fact, this time the starlink flew overhead, and netizens in many places observed it.
A netizen in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, said, "I also saw it in Cangnan in Wenzhou. ”
Netizens in Tangjiao, Huangyanjiangkou Town, said, "How many people saw this Starlink transit at night, they used to be photographed in the form of photos, and they were relatively far away, and this low-earth orbit was directly photographed with mobile phones." Sure enough, when you look up, you can always see something unexpected! ”
Netizens in Hangzhou said, "I saw it at 20:30 that night, and the coordinates were Qiandao Lake. ”
Netizens in Hangzhou urban area said, "I thought Xiaoshan's UFO." Standing on the top floor, I feel very close, which is quite shocking! ”
So, what is Starlink?
More than 500 kilometers from the earth, there is a huge net. On May 23, 2019, the U.S. Space Exploration Technology Corporation successfully launched the first 60 satellites of Starlink into orbit using the Falcon 9 carrier rocket.
It consists of more than 4,000 satellites, which can communicate with each other and with the ground, forming a huge network system called "Starlink".
SpaceX plans to build a Starlink network of about 12,000 satellites in space between 2019 and 2024 to provide Internet services, 1,584 of which will be deployed in low-Earth orbit 550 kilometers above Earth, and work will begin in 2020.
According to relevant documents, the company is also preparing to add another 30,000 satellites, bringing the total number of satellites to about 42,000.
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Source: Jinguan News