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Don't know where to ask this, so here is probably a good place. <br /><br />At approx 18:20 UT a satellite (first magnitude), in a polar orbit, passed a degree <br />(my estimation) from Polaris / Alpha Ursa Majoris, then <br />continued due south, quite a bit slower than the ISS, so my guess was this one <br />was in a higher orbit. <br /><br />Then it turned orange & deep red slowly, as if it was passing into the Earth's shadow <br />at a very shallow glancing angle, before disappearing, to the west of Orion. <br /><br />I have tried to find said satellite, but have found nothing.<br /><br />Possibly a classified defence satellite, Russian, Chinese? Does anyone here know?<br /><br />My location. Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom. <br />Latitude 51 degrees 8' North. 0 degree 53' East. <br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>