Numerous satellites could possibly be seen over Sherbrooke on Wednesday night.
Our photographer Maxime Picard was in a position to seize this second.
The spectacle is stunning as a result of we will confuse these machines, launched into orbit across the Earth by the well-known businessman Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm, with stars.
The nice Tesla boss desires to supply high-speed web to the entire world, particularly to rural areas.
On Saturday, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink satellites launched in low orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
It’s potential to look at rows of satellites within the Quebec sky for a number of years.
In Could 2022, the Quebec authorities reached a $50 million settlement with SpaceX and its Starlink subsidiary to attach practically 100% of the province’s households to high-speed web.
The MP in control of the file, Gilles Bélanger, MP for Orford, confirmed the settlement with the American firm, which permits it to offer look after round 10,000 “orphanages”. Keep in mind that along with the $50 million, simply over $9 million was reserved for the acquisition of Starlink gear.