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Originally Posted by naskies
After several nights out, I'd say that I spotted over 50 satellites - usually one every few minutes, especially around dusk/dawn. It's amazing they don't collide up there... virtually every long exposure wide angle photo I have has a satellite trail somewhere.
I also spotted about 10-20 meteors per night. I assume they were meteors because of both how fast they travel - equivalent to crossing the whole sky in a second or two - and how bright they are (much brighter than I've ever seen the ISS).
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A relative of mine who works with satellite communications tried to explain to me how the satellites work up there. From what I understood, they don't collide because they are all set to different hights.The thing I'm surprised with is how rockets can be launched into space without colliding into one of them!
Sorry Rob, this is a newbie question but what are these "flash impressions" you mentioned? Is this just from magnetic forces?