CHARLOTTE — Did you see a string of lights in the night sky Thursday?
Channel 9 got multiple viewer calls and emails from all over our coverage area about a fleet of Starlink satellites orbiting the Earth.
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The spectacle was seen shortly after 9 p.m.
“Appearing as a string of bright lights in the sky, Starlink trains can look rather ‘otherwordly’ and have prompted numerous UFO-sighting reports when they first took to the skies,” space.com states.
There are 4,198 Starlink satellites in orbit, of which 3,542 are operational as of May 31, 2023.
Did you miss it? You can track it next time. Click here for visible times.
VIDEO: Starlink satellites seen streaking across night sky
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