Wouldn’t spreading them out give more coverage?
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I assume you’re talking about the video of them after launch.
They don’t stay that close together. They slowly spread out to form a shell. Once they’re in their final orbit, you can’t see them anymore with the naked eye.
They will get spread out. Each satellite has a thruster, which is used to modify its orbit. It just takes time.
You can see the most-recently launched batches: https://satellitemap.space/
The reason there are so many Starlink satellites in a row is because they need to be close together to communicate with each other. They are arranged this way so that they can cover more area on the ground and provide better Internet coverage.
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