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19 Elon Musk satellites fly over Bulgaria

The first 60 Starlink satellines were launched into orbit on January 30, 2020
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Satellites launched by the SpaceX company under Elon Musk's Starlink project have passed for about 15 minutes above Bulgaria's territory just hours before the Resurrection of Christ, the Bulgarian National Television reported. The satellites over Sofia were moving from the southwest to the northeast. The satellites flying at a height of about 550 kilometers from the earth surface could be observed with the naked eye. According to the Science News site, cited by the 24 Chasa daily, they were 19 in number.




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