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zomboromcom t1_itop890 wrote

A rotating satellite will light up then fade out. If you didn't get a good sense of its speed and track, you may not be looking in the right spot to see it re-appear.

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shunyata_always t1_itor6j6 wrote

I've seen these, though not very recently, bright flashes appearing for a while moving in a trajectory.

I guess they were expired satellites rotating out of control, or maybe some satellites are allowed to spin around for some reason?

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