You can see SpaceX Starlink satellites with your bare eyes in the Sussex skies: this is when

A string of flashing lights travelling through the night sky has filled Sussex residents with awe - and some trepidation - over the last few days.

According to the National Space Centre, it appears that the phenomenon is actually satellites from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX Starlink project, to create better worldwide internet coverage.

According to @VirtualAstro, an astronomy expert on Twitter, you can see it again tonight (April 21) at 9pm.

There will also be another SpaceX satellite launch from the US on Wednesday, meaning these new satellites should be seen on Thursday or Friday.

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