Pretty sure I saw the Chinese space junk burning up

[rickford66]

9:20 PM in upstate NY. Lights stretching horizon to horizon in a straight line, NW to SE. Moving about the speed if you see the space station or a satellite.

[jeffreyi]

1. Wow.

Whatever it was, sounds like a spectacle.

[QED]

2. It could have been a line of satellites.

They were visible here in AZ and the local news just showed video. Something about them being launched in groups of 60 and then orbiting together until they get loose. It's to upgrade internet service.

[rickford66]

3. That could be what I saw then

I didn't count them, but there could have been 60. It was an amazing sight.

[misanthrope]

6. Elon Musk's plan to litter the sky

in a techno-paean to his ego.

[Buns_of_Fire]

4. It's entirely possible.

Based on its current orbit the rocket is passing over Earth as far north as New York, Madrid and Beijing and as far south as southern Chile and Wellington, New Zealand, and could make its re-entry at any point within this area.

Given its velocity, a small change in its path could make a big difference to where it ends up. It’s expected to return to Earth on 10 May, plus or minus two days.

McDowell said once it’s clear the day it is returning to Earth, experts could predict its landing time within a six-hour window.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/04/out-of-control-chinese-rocket-tumbling-to-earth

[BootinUp]

5. not the meteor shower? was it to the south?