Starlink Satellites Streak Across Night Sky Over Washington State

Skywatchers in Washington were mesmerized by a string of lights in the evening sky on May 4, local media said, which were determined to be Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX earlier that day.

This clip from Daffa Azizan shows the satellites in the sky over Lynnwood, Washington.

“Santa is that you?” Azizan wrote on Twitter.

SpaceX said 60 satellites were launched on Tuesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Daffa Azizan via Storyful