[StarLane]

I was at my friends place last Saturday night helping him out with his new 12inch dob. Not the best observe night as there was an almost full moon, just a setup and check all is ok with the new scope night etc.

I noticed a bright constant flash coming from the same part of the sky. It was flashing about every 8 to 10 seconds and almost stationary, it was moving slowly east, very slowly compared to regular satellites I have observed in the past.

We observed if for a good 30mins and it had only moved a few degrees. The flashing was very bright, I noticed it naked eye, not through the scope. Thought it was a plane at first becasue it looked like the white flashing stobe lights from a plane but of course it was not moving like a plane and it had no other lights like the red and green lights a plane has.
We had a look through the scope and it was visible even between the bright flash periods. It was pulsing dull light up and down between the bright flashes.

All I can think of is a satellite that is spinning. Every rotation a solar panel or reflective material was reflecting the sun straight down to us. We must have been in the perfect location for this reflection to hit us spot on, I was amazed at how bright it was. Never seen this before.

Was it a satellite??? IF SO, Why was it going so slow??? Is the flash a sun reflection that occurs when it rotates??? Do satellites normally rotate like this??? How many of you have observed something like this???

Calling all satellite experts.