During these days you can see a series of lights in the sky of Barcelona that can look like a kind of shooting star. However, it is neither a planet nor a star; It is about the Starlink satellite, from SpaceX, Elon Musk's company.
What the people of Barcelona can really see is a series of satellites whose objective is to improve Internet connectivity around the world. The company currently has more than 3,500 in orbit and provides communications service to more than one million subscribers around the world.
The Space X business model consists of charging a monthly fee of 99 euros -in addition to the connection kit- so that the user can access the Internet from any remote part of the world, especially without fixed network coverage.
There is a web page where you can check the hours and days in which these satellites are visible from any location. In the case of Barcelona, it will be this Friday night at 10:44 p.m. and for four minutes. Starlink can be seen by looking east and will head southeast. On Saturday night, the satellite will be visible at 10:28 p.m. for three minutes and will move from the east to the south.
On this page they group the data into three categories depending on their visibility. The one called Timings with good visibility indicates the hours at which there is the best possible visibility of the satellites. However, there are other conditions such as light pollution or the cloudiness of the sky.
