I think i saw the international space station?

Question

im pretty shure i saw it it was at night and it flew sort of fast and had blinking lights, i didn't look like a airplane i didn't see wings, what should it look like and was it an airplane??

Answer 1

i guess you shld go to heavens above .com and chek it out.

Answer 2

it might have been a satellite or the space station, who knows, it is visible from earth and if you stare long enough you will see a couple satellites go by. Its possible you did.

Answer 3

If it was flying fast, it probably wasn't the space station. I'm a firm believer in ufos and aliens, and that's what I think it might have been.

Answer 4

If you saw blinking lights, then it was certainly not the International Space Station (ISS).  The ISS will appear like a bright star, slowly trekking across the sky; it may take 5 minutes to go from horizon to horizon (if going directly overhead).  It may also fade out of view before it reaches the horizon, depending on the time of day, and your latitude.

As already mentioned, you can track the ISS and other satellites through several tracking sites online.  You can even look up previous passes for your area to see if that was indeed the ISS (which in this case, it wouldn't be).

BTW, seeing the wings of a plane at night can be difficult, depending on its altitude, so that's not the best criterion for judging if it is a plane.

[edit] Doh, sorry RickB, I was still typing mine when yours was submitted.

Answer 5

ITS 3 WHITE LIGHTS LINED UP   ITS SPACED OUT IN 1 LINE   1 IN FRONT  MIDDLE AND BACK...............ALL MOVE SAME TIME...SAME WAY.. IT COMES AROUND THE EARTH EVERY  1 1/2 HRS. USUALY NORTH TO SOUTH..

Answer 6

If it had blinking lights, it was NOT the ISS. It was a high flying plane. If you have a hankerin' to see the ISS with your own eyes, this site will tell you where and when to look. Don't forget to tell it where you are, otherwise you'll get info for the default location, rather than yours.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

It's pretty easy to see, and it looks like just a bright white dot sailing silently across the sky.

Answer 7

I'm d**n sure it wasn't the ISS....U won't see several blinking lights.....U can only see the ISS as star that's moving.....

Answer 8

ISS predictions are readily available on the Web, like the site below. It appears as a bright moving star. No multiple stars, no blinking or flashing. It might fade into or out of visibility as it leaves or enters Earth's shadow. What do I mean by bright? It should be the brightest star-like object up there. Oh, and it will move from west to east, ALWAYS. Satellites are launched in the same direction as the Earth's rotation to save fuel. It does have a significant inclination to the equator, so it does have a north or south component to its motion but always east to west.

Answer 9

Aircraft have blinking lights so the pilots can see each other and not crash into each other (at least not by accident).  Satellites such as the ISS aren't going to crash into each other so they have no need for lights.  You most certainly didn't see the ISS.  You obviously saw an airplane.  You didn't see the wings because it was night.

Answer 10

The space station is a common sight, but it does NOT have blinking lights.  It looks more like a moving star that has an apparent motion about the same as an airplane.

If you go to this site (http://www.heavens-above.com ) you can find out whether the space station was visible from your city on the night in question.  You'll have to tell it what city you're in, and then click "10 day predictions for ISS"; and then click "prev." to back up to the night when you saw your thing.