▲ 26 ▼ Daily Discussion Thread: Tue 08 Aug 2023 (aussie.zone) submitted 3 years ago by bot001@aussie.zone [M] to c/melbourne@aussie.zone 286 comments fedilink hide all child comments Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) Link? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (3 children) There's a couple of video hanging around on r/melbourne. It looks wicked! first vid second vid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) @StudChud @calhoon2005 I'm going to bet it was a Starlink satellite, based on this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/space-news-starlink-satellites-orbit-pink-moon-richard-branson-nasa-165913306.html Might be able to verify if people using Starlink lost internet... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) A comment on the r/ thread suggests it's a stage from a Russian launch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 1 point 3 years ago* @calhoon2005 my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1 which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too. Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison: https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0 Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago That was neat. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm jealous I missed out, that looks GORGEOUS! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 3 points 3 years ago* @landsharkkidd @StudChud https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/news/melbourne/victorians-wake-up-at-midnight-to-loud-boom-and-possible-meteor-passing-through-the-sky-c-11519703.amp Expert reckons space junk, which could definitely include a Starlink. Jelly & wish I had seen it too, not like I wasn't getting woken up almost hourly last night by either cat or toddler. Hmph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (3 children) There's a couple of video hanging around on r/melbourne. It looks wicked! first vid second vid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) @StudChud @calhoon2005 I'm going to bet it was a Starlink satellite, based on this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/space-news-starlink-satellites-orbit-pink-moon-richard-branson-nasa-165913306.html Might be able to verify if people using Starlink lost internet... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) A comment on the r/ thread suggests it's a stage from a Russian launch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 1 point 3 years ago* @calhoon2005 my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1 which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too. Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison: https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0 Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab?? permalink fedilink source parent [–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago That was neat. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent [–] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm jealous I missed out, that looks GORGEOUS! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 3 points 3 years ago* @landsharkkidd @StudChud https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/news/melbourne/victorians-wake-up-at-midnight-to-loud-boom-and-possible-meteor-passing-through-the-sky-c-11519703.amp Expert reckons space junk, which could definitely include a Starlink. Jelly & wish I had seen it too, not like I wasn't getting woken up almost hourly last night by either cat or toddler. Hmph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kudra@aus.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child) @StudChud @calhoon2005 I'm going to bet it was a Starlink satellite, based on this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/space-news-starlink-satellites-orbit-pink-moon-richard-branson-nasa-165913306.html Might be able to verify if people using Starlink lost internet... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) A comment on the r/ thread suggests it's a stage from a Russian launch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 1 point 3 years ago* @calhoon2005 my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1 which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too. Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison: https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0 Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) A comment on the r/ thread suggests it's a stage from a Russian launch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 1 point 3 years ago* @calhoon2005 my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1 which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too. Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison: https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0 Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kudra@aus.social 1 point 3 years ago* @calhoon2005 my conjecture is based also on the fact that's been a peak in solar activity, a, G1-G2 level event: https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/Geophysical/2/1 which has potential to knock out satellites unintentionally, as opposed to expected launch stages, though the path for that seems to make potential sense too. Most unintended re-entries of Starlink seem to be more dramatic with disintegration, so a different kind of item eg Russian, might well make sense, but here's a confirmed Starlink satellite entering over Puerto Rico, for comparison: https://youtu.be/a7KUSN89-A0 Anyone else here old enough to remember Skylab?? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago That was neat. Thanks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] landsharkkidd@aussie.zone 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) I'm jealous I missed out, that looks GORGEOUS! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kudra@aus.social 3 points 3 years ago* @landsharkkidd @StudChud https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/news/melbourne/victorians-wake-up-at-midnight-to-loud-boom-and-possible-meteor-passing-through-the-sky-c-11519703.amp Expert reckons space junk, which could definitely include a Starlink. Jelly & wish I had seen it too, not like I wasn't getting woken up almost hourly last night by either cat or toddler. Hmph. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kudra@aus.social 3 points 3 years ago* @landsharkkidd @StudChud https://www.google.com/amp/s/7news.com.au/news/melbourne/victorians-wake-up-at-midnight-to-loud-boom-and-possible-meteor-passing-through-the-sky-c-11519703.amp Expert reckons space junk, which could definitely include a Starlink. Jelly & wish I had seen it too, not like I wasn't getting woken up almost hourly last night by either cat or toddler. Hmph. permalink fedilink source parent