Starlink Train Meteor Radar Echoes
Taken by Giuseppe Petricca on November 25, 2019 @
Isle of Lewis, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Date Taken: 2019:11:25 14:22:38
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Today I had the chance, for the first time from their launch, to observe the second Starlink train via radio echoes, captured from my meteor detector station in Stornoway, Scotland.
My equipment is tuned on the Graves Radar frequency, which originates from France, ~1500km SE of my position. It is the best option to capture meteor echoes from Europe, but sometimes satellites in the right position and orbit (like the ISS) can be easily seen too!
The first image shows just the raw signal captured by the equipment, while the second and third are b/w and b/w inverted elaborations to better show the satellites oblique intermittent trails.
A small meteor echo was captured and identified too by the automated algorithms of the software, but the show was definitely all for the Starlink satellites.
Photographer's website:
https://www.gmrphotographer.net
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