ISS and resupply craft...?

[ollyk]

Hi folks hope everyone has been watching the ISS over the last 10 days or so it is a first for me and has been amazing so far I am not getting bored of this either, out nearly every night even when slightly overcast - and still managed to see it pierce the clouds

Tonight I think was the best with two good flybys - the second, in fairer weather - I noticed there was a fainter object leading the space station by about 45 seconds. Now skipping to Nasa's website am I right in thinking this is the failed resupply craft?

[christina]

I cannot answer your question about the object, but would just like to say that I saw ISS at 23.49 on 5.7. I was surprised at how quickly it went...I thought it would pass by at a reasonable speed but it was "blink and miss it". Fascinating for me and chuffed that I managed to see it. I shall be watching again tonight. )

[artdemole]

Nassa site states Zveda service module docked aft of ISS at 12.17pm EDT Sunday. What you might have seen was probably one of the many other satellites up there going round it's orbit.

[artdemole]

Ps...EDT--- Eastern Daylight Time. --Northern American time zone during daylight saving time...

[artdemole]

Having checked back on HEAVENS ABOVE site ,I saw that at the same time, Cosmos 482 Debris was on the same flight path and also fainter than ISS

[ollyk]

Originally Posted by artdemole

Nassa site states Zveda service module docked aft of ISS at 12.17pm EDT Sunday. What you might have seen was probably one of the many other satellites up there going round it's orbit.

Yes but Progress 38 apparently overshot the ISS on the Friday so I wondered if this was what I saw...? This was definitely leading the ISS (we initially thought it was the ISS!) in exactly the same path but I would say a few magnitudes darker, perhaps that of the average faint star...

[christina]

Further to my note last night, I may have been mistaken in thinking I saw the ISS as tonight we watched it and it was slower and brighter than last night. Hubby tells me I probably saw a shooting star last night - ooops!