Stargazers in the UK might be able to catch a glimpse of
Elon Musk‘s Starlink satellites this week.
Thousands of satellites make up the Starlink and they will
be visible on 12 and 14 May. The satellites are designed to provide cheap
internet services to locations that have previously struggled.
The satellites will appear as small, bright lights that fly
across the sky.
According to The Mirror, it’ll be easiest to spot them in
the UK at 10.59pm on 12 May or 10.36pm on 14 May. If you want to track them in
real time you can use the Starlink website to help you out.
The Starlink website say the satellites offer ‘high speed
internet across the globe, with performance that far surpasses that of
traditional satellite internet, and a global network unbounded by ground
infrastructure limitations’.
It continues: “Starlink will deliver high speed broadband
internet to locations where access has been unreliable, expensive, or completely
unavailable.”
Musk’s company SpaceX has sent thousands of small satellites
up into the sky in batches, with five launches so far. In the end the company
hopes to have 4,425 units up there. (Realtalktime)
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