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21st May 2022, 17:13
Last night I was watching the ISS pass over (I'm in Cambridge, UK). I looked down for a moment - when I looked up again there was what *looked* like another satellite going slightly North of East. I checked the time - 21:36BST. Looked up heavens-above to see which other satellites might be visible at that time - none that matched the track or time or brightness level. Looked up FR24 to find no aircraft overhead either. (Also no noise). In any case its apparent velocity was maybe three times as much as the ISS implying something moving fast at a suborbital level; my tentative conclusion is a weather balloon. But - would it catch the sun? I've found (web search) that sunset is a minute later for every 1.5km of altitude. As yesterday's sunset was 20:57, that gives an altitude of 60km - weather balloons tend to the 18-37km range and the record is 53km.
Any suggestions?n (Apart from "get a life", that is).
Lasted too long to be a meteor. I found a tracking site which confirms it.
Any suggestions?n (Apart from "get a life", that is).
Lasted too long to be a meteor. I found a tracking site which confirms it.