This is fascinating. Can someone point me to resources that explain Starlink's seemingly (but obviously not) random trajectories as well as their positions (some in a line, some on individual trajectories).
The ones all in a line are recently launched. They are launched ~50 at a time into a low orbit and use thrusters to raise themselves up over the course of a few weeks or months. During that process they are all lined up in a row which slowly lengthens over time. As they reach operational altitude they separate into groups and each group spaces itself evenly around one orbit for even coverage.
