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triple flare?
On Sat ~23:00 PDT from 47.74N, 122.65W I observed 3 faint satellites
flare in the same spot about 1 minute apart along the same path. Due to trees to the NW and shadow to the E, I only saw them for about 45 degrees of the pass. They appeared to come out the NNW headed to ESE. They each were quite faint - barely visible - but flared very brightly when each was highest; about 60 degrees up in the ENE for about 5 seconds. This is the second time I've seen 3 satellites in the same close orbit flare in the same place, but I didn't record the previous observations. Any ideas? Heavens-above.com didn't help. TIA, Andrew. PS: my apologies for inexact observations. I'm a very casual observer, but this ones bugging me, twice over now. |
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