The Starlink satellite train is usually visible shortly after the satellites have been deployed when they are at their lowest orbit. Starlink satellites travel very fast and complete one orbit of ...

As of August 1, 2025, there are currently 8,094 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 8,075 are working, according to ...

A “Starlink satellite train” is what you see shortly after SpaceX launches a new group of its Starlink internet satellites.

This phenomenon is what's known as a satellite train. "Traveling at the same altitude and speed, these satellites initially orbit the Earth in a cluster.

A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands on May 24, 2019, just one day ...

Viewers from Rockmart, Kennesaw, and Norcross all called to say they saw the lights. What viewers saw was a Starlink Satellite Train. Each time SpaceX launches, it also sends a number of Starlink ...

Object Details Creator Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Assistant Director (Administration) Subject Tillinghast, Carlton W Harmon, Vaughan Drummond, Kenneth H Smithsonian Astrophysical ...