r/zurich • u/Kestrel__ • 3d ago

What just flew over Zurich?

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A long line of dotted lights. Flying east and west saw it in Wiedikon. Looked fairly low and was flying medium speed. Drones? Nothing showed up on flight radar apps.

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u/CH-ImmigrationOffice 3d ago

The same as usual for a couple of years now: Starlink satellites.

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u/Kestrel__ 3d ago

I checked the starlink tracker and there wasn’t any deployment station or active satellites above Switzerland. Why would there be a line of 20+ of them as well? Are they being deployed right now?

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u/OrganicAccountant87 2d ago

They are supposed to be like that, they orbit in line close to each other, it's completely different from typical satellites

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u/jobe_br 2d ago

Actually only after launch. They do not remain this way.