Rocket Labs secretly launches a man-made star

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jan 25, 2018

The founder of the company that launched the first rocket into orbit from New Zealand this week said he deployed a secret satellite he believes will be the brightest object in the night sky.

The New Zealander has named the beach ball-sized object 'Humanity Star' and says he hopes it will remind people of their precarious place in a vast universe.

Using the tracker below click on 'Find my Location' on the top right-hand corner.

Type in a location and it will tell you when the satellite will next be visible and for how long.

www.thehumanitystar.com

qubit · Jan 25, 2018

That's a frigging huge beach ball!

FYFI13 · Jan 25, 2018

Not coming anywhere near Ireland for the next 2048 hours...

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jan 25, 2018

qubit said:
That's a frigging huge beach ball!

no, the guy is 3 foot 6.......

BumbleBee · Jan 25, 2018

I can catch it outside my house in 31 days... for 1 minute

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jan 25, 2018

Bollocks, it literally just missed me

if it wasnt daytime and pissing down with rain

dorsetknob · Jan 25, 2018

qubit said:
That's a frigging huge beach ball!

No its a Dohdeckatrihedron

Arjai · Jan 25, 2018

Trying to input location, "Minnesota, USA", zip code, and a combination of those. What does it need?

Should be overhead by the time I finish typing but, it is 12:22 daytime here. Also, a bit cloudy. I am unsure when it will be visible, because I don't know how to enter my location.

eidairaman1 · Jan 25, 2018

Idk about this considering the celestial objects that we can see with the naked eye are atleast 400+ years old...

As long as this pinata doesnt reflect light that would blind pilots flying at the time this thing orbits near their flight paths, it would be ok.

I guess this guy isnt as ignorant as flat earth rocketman.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jan 25, 2018

Arjai said:
Trying to input location, "Minnesota, USA", zip code, and a combination of those. What does it need?

Should be overhead by the time I finish typing but, it is 12:22 daytime here. Also, a bit cloudy. I am unsure when it will be visible, because I don't know how to enter my location.

Arjai said:
I don't know how to enter my location.

the name of the little village where i live is enough.

Arjai · Jan 25, 2018

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
the name of the little village where i live is enough.

I tried my city, neighboring city also. 'Location not found,' or some such.
Street address, nothing. I live in a large metropolis, yet it doesn't register.(?)

dorsetknob · Jan 25, 2018

Arjai said:
I tried my city, neighboring city also. 'Location not found,' or some such.
Street address, nothing. I live in a large metropolis, yet it doesn't register.(?)

did'nt work for me when i used mobile phone got same location unknown message yet trying with Pc worked

33 Days to wait (for a 90sec view )
doubt if it will be up there that long some one will think its a spy sat and de orbit it

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jan 25, 2018

flmatter · Jan 25, 2018

2087 more hours until its near me.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Feb 20, 2018

UK observers

LOCATIONS AND DURATION OF VISIBILITY OF THE HUMANITY STAR

Location Time visible (GMT) Date Angle of visibility Duration (Minutes) Weather Forecast

Aberdeen 06:46:12 Tuesday, 20/02/201826.852 degrees North East03:30Clouds / light rain

Belfast 07:17:20Wednesday, 21/02/201822.968° North East04:30Clear skies

Birmingham 06:46:04Friday, 23/02/201831.768° North East03:30Cloudy

Brighton 06:46:30Friday, 23/02/201832.319° North East03:30Clear skies

Cambridge 06:45:53Friday, 23/02/201826.535° North East04:30Partly cloudy

Cardiff 07:18:17Wednesday, 21/02/201826.650° North East02:30Cloudy

Edinburgh 06:47:17Tuesday, 20/02/201840.864° North East01:30Clear skies

Exeter 07:18:40Wednesday, 21/02/201830.624° North East02:00Cloudy

Glasgow 07:16:46Wednesday, 21/02/201815.928° North05:00Partly cloudy

Leeds 06:45:25Friday, 23/02/201825.197° North East04:00Cloudy

Liverpool 07:17:33Wednesday, 21/02/201820.449° North05:00Partly cloudy

London 06:46:13Friday, 23/02/201829.884° North East04:00Partly cloudy

Manchester 07:17:29Wednesday, 21/02/201818.840° North03:30Partly cloudy

Newcastle 06:47:28Tuesday, 20/02/201840.067° North East02:00Cloudy

Norwich 06:48:08Tuesday, 20/02/201841.775° North East02:00Clouds / light rain

www.thehumanitystar.com

peche · Feb 20, 2018

Hope i dont forget to stay outside, Sat 10 march, 11:27 pm,

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Feb 21, 2018

I coukdnt see it,

" Cloudy, with no chance of spaceballs"

dorsetknob · Feb 21, 2018

i forgot to look never mind there will be another chance another Day weather permitting

basco · Feb 21, 2018

maybe that sounds silly from me but i dont like that everybody can manipulate the sky like they want.
if i look up to the stars in 20 years i want to show my kids the same that i saw and not an altered one.
next they put up some advertising

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Feb 21, 2018

ispace plan to do it soon, on the moon.

https://ispace-inc.com/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...aises-90-million-to-bring-ads-to-moon-by-2020

i nearly forgot space billboard and Microsoft

http://spacebillboard.com/

http://www.thedrum.com/news/2015/03/11/microsoft-set-advertise-space-satellite-billboard

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