It is possible that the UARS sattelite was visible from ground without...

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...telescope a week ago? A week and a bit ago I saw a thing like a sattelite in the sky after sunset flying from north to south but with 4 wings and seemed to shine orange (but maybe that was sun reflection not lights).It crossed in about 10 seconds. I thought it was UFO cuz i've seen sattelites before and you can't determine shape and details with naked eye nor do they have such speed. But then i heard of this sattelite coming down and i researched it but can't find much info about it in the last little while except what i know from news today. And all i know is that it is going to come down sometime at the end of this week and that it has been flying in very low orbit recently. Could it be the UARS?
Date observed: September 10, 2011. Date asked: September 20, 2011
Please note: recall that all the other regular sattelites are not visible with the naked eye but they look like stars that cross the sky in a few minutes. Unless i am mistaken. This is where my question is concerned
 
Possible, but there are some 580 satellites in orbit, so, the odds that it was this particular one is one in 580.
 
If it crossed the sky in 10 seconds, it was not a satellite: satellites do not travel that fast. More than likely it was a meteor.

> recall that all the other regular sattelites are not visible with the naked eye

Not true. Dozens of satellites are visible to the naked eye.
 
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