<p>Given the date and timing, this could be most like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)" rel="noreferrer">the Starlink satellites</a> in their "stacked" configuration. They are currently in a line, but they will later move to separate orbits. Dr Marco Langbroek has <a href="https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1132058893897621504" rel="noreferrer">a video of a line of 60 satellites</a>. </p>

<p>They won't stay in a line; they have ion engines that they will use to spread out into separate orbits.</p>

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2019-05-25T07:06:13.230Z
Wow. The manner in which they're moving across the sky is crazy. Direct link to the above video, for anyone wanting a quick look: https://vimeo.com/338361997
White Prime
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2019-05-25T09:04:33.623Z
Normally air forces do that. Saw in with elicopters. Better I stop or I go political ;-)
Alchimista
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2019-05-25T17:00:22.500Z
More details and the video are also available on Marco Langbroek's [SatTrack Leiden](https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/05/wowowow-spectacular-view-of-spacex.html) blog entry
astrosnapper
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2019-05-25T20:32:05.843Z
My computer doesn't like Vimeo. [Here it is on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUygPqjXEc). - Are they so bright because they're already using the ion engines?
Mazura
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2019-05-25T23:33:53.177Z
Is there any information on how long they are going to stay “stacked”? The satellites supposedly passed over my location an hour ago, but I couldn't see anything due to overcast weather.
Norrius
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2019-05-27T22:53:12.970Z
I'd just like to say, I got the privilege of arriving at this movie through this link, so I *knew* what I was looking at.  Still can't believe it.
Cort Ammon
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2019-05-25T06:03:53.513Z
2019-06-10T10:20:06.707Z
2019-06-10T10:20:06.707Z
James K
<p>My husband and I have just seen a line of about 15 lights moving in a straight line, quite high above the cloud level with a gap, and then 5 lights, a gap, another few, a gap, 1 light, a gap, and a few more.</p>

<p>They were moving at the same sort of speed as I would expect a plane to move at - almost like a train in the sky with a banner flying behind. They were in the sky for at least a minute. </p>

<p>I had seen a shooting star a few minutes before and it wasn’t one of them... what could it be?</p>

<p>Could it be Elon Musk’s satellites?</p>

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2019-05-25T06:03:27.383Z
Note to contributors.  Please don't post "I saw this too!" comments as answers. If you can identify this, or provide information on how it can be identified, then please contribute an answer.
James K
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2019-05-28T03:12:13.420Z
Gizmodo: [Breathtaking View of SpaceX Starlink Satellite ‘Train’ Triggers Wave of UFO Sightings](https://gizmodo.com/breathtaking-view-of-spacex-starlink-satellite-train-1835047155)
uhoh
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Line of lights moving in a straight line, with a few following
Sue Melvin
# Line of lights moving in a straight line, with a few following

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-24)

My husband and I have just seen a line of about 15 lights moving in a straight line, quite high above the cloud level with a gap, and then 5 lights, a gap, another few, a gap, 1 light, a gap, and a few more.

They were moving at the same sort of speed as I would expect a plane to move at - almost like a train in the sky with a banner flying behind. They were in the sky for at least a minute.

I had seen a shooting star a few minutes before and it wasn’t one of them... what could it be?

Could it be Elon Musk’s satellites?

**Tags:** satellite, identify-this-object

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Note to contributors.  Please don't post "I saw this too!" comments as answers. If you can identify this, or provide information on how it can be identified, then please contribute an answer.  
> **username_2**: Gizmodo: [Breathtaking View of SpaceX Starlink Satellite ‘Train’ Triggers Wave of UFO Sightings](https://gizmodo.com/breathtaking-view-of-spacex-starlink-satellite-train-1835047155)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-25. Score: 25

Given the date and timing, this could be most like [the Starlink satellites](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink_(satellite_constellation)) in their "stacked" configuration. They are currently in a line, but they will later move to separate orbits. Dr Marco Langbroek has [a video of a line of 60 satellites](https://twitter.com/Marco_Langbroek/status/1132058893897621504).

They won't stay in a line; they have ion engines that they will use to spread out into separate orbits.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: Wow. The manner in which they're moving across the sky is crazy. Direct link to the above video, for anyone wanting a quick look: https://vimeo.com/338361997  
> **username_4**: Normally air forces do that. Saw in with elicopters. Better I stop or I go political ;-)  
> **username_5**: More details and the video are also available on Marco Langbroek's [SatTrack Leiden](https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2019/05/wowowow-spectacular-view-of-spacex.html) blog entry  
> **username_6**: My computer doesn't like Vimeo. [Here it is on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytUygPqjXEc). - Are they so bright because they're already using the ion engines?  
> **username_7**: Is there any information on how long they are going to stay “stacked”? The satellites supposedly passed over my location an hour ago, but I couldn't see anything due to overcast weather.  
> **username_8**: I'd just like to say, I got the privilege of arriving at this movie through this link, so I *knew* what I was looking at.  Still can't believe it.  

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