Spectacular footage shows a train of SpaceX Starlink satellites ascending into the night over Vetroz, Switzerland.

The filmer said: "Here we see them appear near a mountain called Haut-de-Cry in southwestern Switzerland, then as they climb higher they suddenly disappear when the dive inside Earth's shadow. They are only visible as long as they are sunlit."

The satellites were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

22 Starlink satellites flying across the skies in the swiss Alps in the evening of January 15, 2024.
They were launched on January 14th from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California .
They fly around Earth in roughly one and a half hour.
Here we see them appear near a mountain called Haut-de-Cry in southwestern Switzerland, then as they climb higher they suddenly disappear when the dive inside Earth's shadow. They are only visible as long as they are sunlit.

filmed handheld in 4K with a Canon EOS R6 and Mitakon RF 50mm f/0.95 lens at ISO 25600 and with fps override to 1/13th sec.