Cosmic Fireflies: Starlink Satellites over Earth | International Space Station

Cosmic Fireflies: Starlink Satellites over Earth | International Space Station

NASA Astronaut & Expedition 72 Flight Engineeer Don Pettit: "Cosmic fireflies. Actually, these are Starlink satellites momentarily flashing sunlight towards the International Space Station."

Starlink is a satellite Internet constellation of thousands of satellites that orbit the planet close to Earth, at about 550km. It is operated by Starlink Services, LLC, an international telecommunications provider that is a subsidiary of the American aerospace firm SpaceX. It provides network coverage to over 100 countries and territories. Starlink also plans to support global mobile broadband services.

Learn about Starlink technology here:

https://www.starlink.com/technology

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 
For more information about STEM on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/D. Pettit
Duration: 12 seconds
Release Date: Nov. 27, 2024

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