Ed Majden wrote:


"Steve Campbell"
I'd say it was travelling at the same speed as a normal meteor, or VERY
slightly slower, though that slight slowness may be to do with the
unusual ( for me to witness) near vertical path.
It did look more than anything like a satellite, quite a large one, or a
good reflection from big solar panels, but the speed was FAR too high, I
doubt even an object in the lowest possible stable orbit would travel
that fast, though I may well be wrong.

Steve:
Have you looked at the "Heavens Above" web site? They provide
satellite
predictions for your location. Perhaps you could correlate the time of
your
observation to one of the satellite transits. It may be worth a look.
Ed
Thanks Ed, I'll look into that, hopefully it will provide an explanation.