Daily Discussion Thread: Tue 08 Aug 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Tue 08 Aug 2023
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There was a legitimate big bang about 40 mins ago and I heard it hooray. Apparently something entering the atmosphere.
Videos people got are pretty impressive.
Link?
@StudChud @calhoon2005 I'm going to bet it was a Starlink satellite, based on this:
Might be able to verify if people using Starlink lost internet...
A comment on the r/ thread suggests it's a stage from a Russian launch.
@calhoon2005
my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event:https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1
which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too.
Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison:
Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab??
I'm jealous I missed out, that looks GORGEOUS!
Expert reckons space junk, which could definitely include a Starlink. Jelly & wish I had seen it too, not like I wasn't getting woken up almost hourly last night by either cat or toddler. Hmph.
That was neat. Thanks
Is that what that was? Loll
Edit: i thought it was my sliding door rattling in the wind lol whoa the videos are insane!
The starchy spud too
So clad only by oodie
Felt above fire rain
- Aliens probably (2023)