Hello I'm Felix. I am a student of Biology in Halle (Germany) (N 51.4731° and E 11.9669°). I need your help. I've never watched satellites as a hobby, but recently I saw something and have no idea whom to ask what this might be. It was definitely not a normal satellite as one sees them a dozen times a night. It was on the 27th of February 2000, 29 minutes past midnight, in Halle. The sky was clear. We were five people (all have seen it) and I discovered 2 bright dots travelling very fast from East towards the western horizon (right above us). The bright dots seemed larger than "normal" satellites. The distance between them was approximately 3 or 4 times their diameter. They flew on a parallel course. And the amazing thing about them was their speed. They were moving so fast that we saw them just for 6 or 7 seconds. Then they disappeared in the dust of the horizon. We have a lot of air traffic here, but I'm sure it was not a plane (there were no flashing lights and it was moving too fast). And it had no tail or anything else, so it was not a falling star. I have checked this site: http://www.heavens-above.com/allsats.asp?lat=51.500&lng=12.000&alt=0&loc=Hal le&TZ=CET&Date=36582.2291666667&Mag=4.5 and found no visible satellite passing by at that early time in the morning. So I had no other idea than to ask you. Was it a satellite we've seen and if yes - what type of satellite travels so fast? It would be very kind of you to help us with this question. Thanks a lot, felix berthelmann ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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