What was that light?
Say when, where you were looking and how it moved. We check all ~19,000 tracked satellites and rocket stages, the planets and meteor showers for that moment.
Where were you?
When did you see it?
Which way were you looking?
What did it look like?
Not on the list?
- Blinking or colored lights: an aircraft.
- A steady light that fades out in mid-sky: a satellite flying into Earth's shadow.
- A short flash, then nothing: sunlight glinting off a satellite's panel.