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Originally Posted by Blue Fire  Thanks Dennis! I had forgotten about the Heavens Above website. As you say, a geosynchronous satellite being lit by the setting sun does seem to be a best fit. But I couldn't find any sats at Heavens Above that exactly matched what I saw. However, the Cosmos 1143 Rocket did pass through very close to the position I estimated. But it's listed appearance was an hour later that what I saw, it's magnitude wasn't as near as bright, and the charts show that it was moving fairly fast (about 5 minutes from horizon to horizon).
Oh, well,... [sigh]  |
Bluefire,
It still could have been a satellite or space junk, not all satellites are listed since some are Classified and are considered to be a national security issue, especially after the Chinese shot down one of their own that was at least 500 miles up!.
As far as the Russian cosmos rocket positional data, that one is out.