An account in La R�union, France

On May 5, 2014 at 6:40 PM, a witness and their friend observe a flashing white light crossing the sky from West to East in 20 seconds. Only one testimony is collected. The Calsky site indicates that day at 6:33 PM the passage of the satellite "Sinosat 2Rocket" (3rd stage that launched the Sinosat2 satellite) on a West-to-East trajectory compatible with the observation. An observer of the same object who posted their observation report on the web states "The photometric period is, visually, between 4 and 4.5 seconds" (see Sinosat doc), which is compatible with the flashing reported by the witness (4 seconds lit, then 2 seconds without light). GEIPAN classifies this case "A" as perfectly identified: observation of the satellite "Sinosat 2 Rocket". It is noted however that the observation duration of 20 seconds is much shorter than the full satellite pass which lasted 6 minutes, but the witness only observed it over the highest part of its trajectory (above 75°).