🛰️ Starlink train

Starlink train from Starlink Group 17-38 — 8 August 2026

A line of Starlink satellites from Starlink Group 17-38 (Falcon 9), launched 8 August 2026, crossed the sky in the days after launch. 1 person around Italy reported it on this site as a UFO.

🗓️ 8 August 2026, 16:35 UTC 1 UFO report 1 likely match

What people saw

For a week or two after launch, Starlink satellites travel close together in a straight line — a “train” of 20 to 60 bright, silent dots moving steadily across the sky, sometimes fading out one by one as they enter Earth’s shadow. They show best an hour or two after sunset or before sunrise. As they climb to their working height they spread out and become hard to see.

Launch data: The Space Devs. Satellite positions: CelesTrak. Reports are matched by the site’s Sky match from each report’s time and place.

Map

Where people reported it.

Every report (1)

  1. Caught this in the sky yesterday, 9.14 pm central Italy. Sorry for the quality. 8 August 2026 · 21:14 · 📍 Italy · likely match Apparently a new starlink satellite train was released some hours prior, but that was a single long object. Too short for a plane. What could be?

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