Two giant companies are competing in space
A bright orange glow in the sky amid a string of satellite launches(Image: Sarah Rutherford)
A bright, orange light could be seen travelling across the sky above Greater Manchester amid a string of satellite launches.
Video footage captured the moment the burning light was seen travelling above Little Hulton, in Salford, on Monday night (April 28).
As it passes above, the orange glow gets brighter and bigger, before it fizzles away in the distance.
It comes amid a string of satellite launches in recent days for Starlink, a satellite internet provider which is part of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company.
A rival programme, called Kuiper, was also launched by rival company Amazon on Monday.
Burning light seen above Greater Manchester amid satellite launches
Starlink launched 27 satellites from California and a further 23 from Florida on Monday.
The company also launched a number of satellites on Sunday night, which marked Starlink’s 250th dedicated launch.
Starlink satellites have been seen above Greater Manchester following launches on a number of occasions in recent years.
Meanwhile, Amazon launched its first 27 satellites for Project Kuiper on Monday.
It was the first of more than 80 planned launches for the company.
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