Caravan of high altitude planes over D.C. proceeding SSE

3/30/20 ~9pm. Went outside and thought it was a satellite, then noticed another one following it, then another. Counted at least 25 planes following the path (could be more before I noticed) proceeding from NNW to SSE. Going to the next COVID19 hot spot in FL maybe?

All planes were following the same path, distance (about the length of a Big Dipper constellation) and the same speed. Going full speed, so they took off somewhere far away. Anyone else noticed them? They should be landing somewhere about this time, if in US.

a reply to: ko3epor

Were they Big Heavy Jet Planes that caused the ground to rumble, even though they were thousands of feet in the air?

No sound whatsoever. Very high altitude, pretty much like flying dots.

That sounds like the Skynet satellites

They just launched recently

a reply to: ko3epor

That sounds like them!

I was going to go out and watch for them last night but forgot. Maybe I will tonight

a reply to: ko3epor

Too late to be StarLink?

Lot of StarLink sightings lately.

originally posted by: LookingAtMars
a reply to: ko3epor

Too late to be StarLink?

Lot of StarLink sightings lately.

Yeah, that's probably the name of them. I thought it was called Sky Net. You are probably right

a reply to: visitedbythem
I don't know. Seemed they were somewhat brighter than usual satellites.

originally posted by: ko3epor
a reply to: visitedbythem
I don't know. Seemed they were somewhat brighter than usual satellites.

I think they put them into a lower orbit. They are closer

Go check on youtube and see if that's what you saw.
Im going to go out front and check the sky with my SkyView ap

Yeah, the direction seem to check out. Satellite train as some call it. False alarm then.

a reply to: visitedbythem

I thought it was called Sky Net.

Like in The Terminator.

You may be right.

Set your location here to see if you're going to get to see the parade.
heavens-above.com...

a reply to: visitedbythem

just watched the youtube. Nope! Not what I saw. The satellites flying too close to each other. The distance between those that I saw was like the length of a Big Dipper constellation.

a reply to: ko3epor

Soon after deployment they are close. The separation increases over time.

You can see the various batches here.
www.heavens-above.com...

What he said

That's it. I just watched some recent videos and those look like what I saw. Interesting how crowded they were initially on early videos. Pretty cool.

If it was a straight line train of bright dots, it was StarLink.

a reply to: ko3epor

They're released all at once, in groups of 60.

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Have fun

Watched 2 trains intersect last night...
Enjoy.


FYI: I'm in Pittsburgh.