Visible satellite early this morning

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So, what was around (effectively last night 26/05 - 00.04 - 00.08 am), flying roughly from ssw to ne. Highest altitude from London would have been nearly 80 degrees and a magnitude of around 2.0

Nothing on my charts here, I doubt it was the SpaceX satellite as it looked too bright for the time it was passing
 

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Lacrosse 5 or Cosmos 1315 rocket body are possibilities according to heavens-above
 

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I did check there, but neither of those were visible last night.
 

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Having reconfirmed with Calsky, you are right.

Must have been Cosmos 1315 as the maximum elevation above here was 84 degrees,


Surprisingly, it's really small at under 3m long/wide ,

_http://www.calsky.com/csrender.cgi?object=Satellite&number=3&obs=78884412472053&tdt=2456073.46339362&sat=12904

_http://www.calsky.com/csrender.cgi?object=Satellite&number=11&obs=78884412472053&tdt=2456073.46051139&sat=12904&skymap=

Lacrosse 5 on the other hand is nearly 16 tonnes of double top secret stuff.

_http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=2005-016A
 
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