Sightings2021

Lights over Punjab and Jammu traced to Starlink satellites

When: 3 Dec 2021
Where: Pathankot, India
Sources: 2 public sources

A train of Starlink satellites over Tubingen, Germany, like the line seen over Punjab Dktue, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

A moving line of lights puzzled residents of Pathankot in Punjab and parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Indian media cited defence sources calling it a satellite and linked it to a batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites launched from Florida the day before.

Sources

PressMysterious lights in sky seen over Punjab city (video) (opens in a new tab)India TV / 2021-12-03
PressPathankot mysterious lights are Elon Musk's Starlink satellites (opens in a new tab)DailyO / 2021-12-06

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