Dual formation satellites?

[HolyWars]

Hey all, just wondering if you have seen 2 satellites that move in formation. My bro spotted it and we are in Seymour, Victoria and they came from a South Easterly direction heading North/North East at about a mag of 0-0.5 @ about 9pm. They where travelling awefully fast (quicker then the ISS I observed just 29 minutes earlier and tracked the movement through the 8" Dob for about a minute but it showed nothing more then a brighter dot on the one I was watching. They had about 10 degrees seperation from eachother and moved at the same pace....


Thanks

[leinad (Dan)]

We saw these also travelling from South to North near Zenith two weekends ago at the ASWA Dryandra Deep sky night.

Not too sure as yet what satellites they were.

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Perhaps they were NOSS sats?
http://www.satobs.org/noss.html

I have seen satellites in triangular or T-shaped formations containing 3 or 4 satellites before, there is probably a thread on here about them.

[Outbackmanyep]

I asked a friend overseas who observes satellites exactly this question when i saw these sats in September, i gave him details and he sent it to some people he knows and worked out that they were indeed NOSS satellites!
So there's your answer!

[HolyWars]

Hey dudes, thanks for the responses and I also agree that these seem like that they are the NOSS sats. It was pretty wiered seeing satellites moving in formation like that!

[Outbackmanyep]

Originally Posted by HolyWars

Hey dudes, thanks for the responses and I also agree that these seem like that they are the NOSS sats. It was pretty wiered seeing satellites moving in formation like that!

Yeah, i had never seen anything like it before either, thats why i had to ask my friend overseas!
It's actually a pastitme of some astronomers, to watch for satellites, as a lot of secret sats don't have their orbits published and amateurs keep an eye on them to update the orbital elements!
Astonishing stuff!