SpaceX Starlink Satellites Reflecting Sunlight | International Space Station

SpaceX Starlink Satellites Reflecting Sunlight | International Space Station

NASA astronaut and former International Space Station flight engineer Don Pettit: "SpaceX Starlink satellites flashing like shooting stars with time exposure. Dozens could be seen in rapid succession near our orbital dawn and dusk, when their solar panels reflected sunlight at the proper angles!"

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit spent 220 days in space, earning him a total of 590 days in space over the course of his four spaceflights. He orbited the Earth 3,520 times, traveling 93.3 million miles in low-Earth orbit.

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Expedition 74 Crew

Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineer: Sergei Mikaev

NASA Flight Engineer: Chris Williams

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/D. Pettit
Release Date: Feb. 1, 2026

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