neB, the sky is full of satellites, both live and assorted space junk. You don't see many with the naked eye, but add a pair of binoculars and they seem, to me, to be whizzing all over the place. Well, I should really say, gracefully passing overhead. In a couple of hours, I usually see 10-15 pass through the field of view. There are a few sites that give you all the predicted passes - try J-Pass:-
http://science.nasa.gov/RealTime/JPass/20/
Now, in my experience, seeing meteors through the binoculars are a rarer occurrence - but it does happen. I was out Sunday night as well and the number of meteors seemed to average about 5 per hour to me - I wasn't keeping count - but that is up a bit on normal background. But none passed through my field of view. Given some were bright, I bet I would have jumped a mile!
Happy viewing. Look for Saturn in the late evening and see if you can spot Titan, its moon - might be a challenge in the 11x70s. Get up at 4:30am and look at Jupiter and its four main moons - should be simple in the 11x70s. Watch the moon over several days as it waxes - the 11x70s should show plenty of detail.
ps. get yourself a reasonably robust tripod. AOE probably supplied you with a tripod mount for your 11x70s as part of the package! You'll enjoy the improvement that makes to your viewing pleasure.
