I witnessed a flaring satellite on the 17th at 20:21 that went from low in the SE towards N, where it disappeared behind clouds. It was about as bright as Jupiter, I was sure it was ISS which would have been the 2nd time in 3 days I'd randomly spotted it (earlier sighting confirmed).
But, when I went to confirm the sighting on heavens-above there were no ISS passes or Iridium flares that matched. The only satellite it could have been was mag 3.6 so I don't know how accurate the brightness predictability is.. it was pretty cool in any case.
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