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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?

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Given the date and timing, this could be most like the Starlink satellites 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.

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

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    $\begingroup$ 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: vimeo.com/338361997 $\endgroup$
    – White Prime
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 7:06
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    $\begingroup$ Normally air forces do that. Saw in with elicopters. Better I stop or I go political ;-) $\endgroup$
    – Alchimista
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 9:04
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    $\begingroup$ More details and the video are also available on Marco Langbroek's SatTrack Leiden blog entry $\endgroup$
    – astrosnapper
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 17:00
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    $\begingroup$ My computer doesn't like Vimeo. Here it is on YouTube. - Are they so bright because they're already using the ion engines? $\endgroup$
    – Mazura
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 20:32
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    $\begingroup$ 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. $\endgroup$
    – Norrius
    Commented May 25, 2019 at 23:33

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