Woke up at 2am (EST) to watch the meteor shower. Saw a few but not as many as Saturday night. Before going back to bed I spotted something unusual. Normally when I sleep out on the porch there will be a few satellites zinging across the heavens. Last night there were three of them in tight formation. A triangle pattern like this:

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Which moved steadily northward across the sky, slightly east of overhead, at one point travelling close to Casseopia. I've tried my old favorite sat watcher apps, Jtrack/Jpass, with no luck. Cosmos 2151 seems about the right time, 2:05am, but the track is off a bit. Cosmos 158 seems the right track, wrong time. Either way, where are the other two companions? Suppose it might have been some high flying jets without blinking lights? Classified sats? Urvile wedge? Dunno. Does anyone have a better means for plotting satellites around that time?

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