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mlindner 18 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellit...

If you're seeing "strings" those are recently launched satellites. Operational satellites are below visual magnitude.

ncruces 18 days ago [–]

They are not, especially after twilight, or before dawn.

ben_w 17 days ago | [–]

Indeed. Compare https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.03651 with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortle_scale

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