Message posted by Matthew Ruch on July 05, 2010 at 15:28:48 PST:

I am member of the SatOBS list (the same group that recently became famous for discovering and pinning down the X-37B orbit_

What you saw was the ISS and the Progress M-06M spacecraft. the "orangish tint" you saw was from the vast 16 vast solar arrays of the ISS.

The Progress successfully docked 4 July 2010 at 16:18 utc. and prior was parked in an orbit that would have see it leading the ISS by about 15 seconds as seen as the ground.

You can see a graphical version of the separation here: http://www.zarya.info/images/ISSPM06MSep100704.jpg

In Reply to: Re: Odd lights - Central england heading sw toward cambridge/ipswich posted by Dan on July 03, 2010 at 15:23:24 PST:

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• Re: Odd lights - Central england heading sw toward cambridge/ipswich Joerg (Webmaster) 07/06/2010, 1:38:23 PST (1)
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