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<blockquote data-quote="chuter" data-source="post: 3352005" data-attributes="member: 13693"><p>Sometimes when a satellite goes overhead and the angle is just right its reflective surface will reflect the sun very brightly in a path across the earth. Kind of like if you were to hold a mirror so that it reflects the sun to a spot on the ground and then started walking, the spot will move across the ground. So people on the ground see it as a momentary bright light.</p><p>They call it a flare.</p><p></p><p>There's an app called Sputnik that will tell you the times and paths of satellites so you can look for them. There used to be a lot if Iridium satellites that flared really good, but I think they've taken some of them out of service, or something.</p><p>It will also give you time and path of the space station.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chuter, post: 3352005, member: 13693"] Sometimes when a satellite goes overhead and the angle is just right its reflective surface will reflect the sun very brightly in a path across the earth. Kind of like if you were to hold a mirror so that it reflects the sun to a spot on the ground and then started walking, the spot will move across the ground. So people on the ground see it as a momentary bright light. They call it a flare. There's an app called Sputnik that will tell you the times and paths of satellites so you can look for them. There used to be a lot if Iridium satellites that flared really good, but I think they've taken some of them out of service, or something. It will also give you time and path of the space station. [/QUOTE]
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