Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On Saturday night , 11 January 2025, just after 9 o’-clock, I had a great pass of Starlink Group 12-11, only three days after they were launched, meaning they were still relatively close together. Heavens-above predicted them to be magnitude 2.7, but they may have been slightly brighter. The path was from WSW to NNE, culminating at 47 degrees, disappearing into the earth’s shadow right at bright Jupiter, with a bright moon nearby causing some glare. The 21 satellites formed two groups, first 8, followed by 13 more, separated by a lonely one, which I suspect may have been the Falcon 9 second stage rocket body, which launched them.
On Saturday night , 11 January 2025, just after 9 o’-clock, I had a great pass of Starlink Group 12-11, only three days after they were launched, meaning they were still relatively close together. Heavens-above predicted them to be magnitude 2.7, but they may have been slightly brighter. The path was from WSW to NNE, culminating at 47 degrees, disappearing into the earth’s shadow right at bright Jupiter, with a bright moon nearby causing some glare. The 21 satellites formed two groups, first 8, followed by 13 more, separated by a lonely one, which I suspect may have been the Falcon 9 second stage rocket body, which launched them.
