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    1 year ago

    A comment on the r/ thread suggests it’s a stage from a Russian launch.

    • Kudra :maybe_verified:@aus.social
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      1 year ago

      @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:

      https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0

      Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab??