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By GrahamColling

Lockdown Day 30 - SpaceX Starlink Satellites

I'd seen news reports about these satellites, being sent up in batches of 60 at a time, with the aim of beaming high speed internet down to earth.  

I thought it was worth a go to see if I could capture them passing overhead, even though it wasn't completely dark at the transit time of 9:30 pm BST.  My best chance was with my widest aperture lens, the 50 mm, which I focused on the Plough.  Luckily I just managed to catch 4 of them passing through the constellation.  This was a 3 second exposure, which freezes the stars but the speed of the satellites is clear from the streaks they created across the sky.

Day Miles: 3.7 miles Total miles: 515.0 miles

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