Sun about to go down, Saturday

Jupiter and the International Space Station (and a couple of strange satellites)

I've had a mild obsession with the International Space Station for a while now. I realise that's a bit of an oxymoron, but my obsession is dampened by a general laziness.

Weather permitting, I've tried to take photos of the space station when it's visible in my local sky. I get emails from NASA's Spot The Station page about 12 hours before it passes overhead.

I received the following email Thusday morning:
Subject: SpotTheStation
Time: Thu May 18 5:56 PM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 69°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 12° above ENE

The Distant Suns app on my phone showed that Jupiter was around the area at the end of the space station's pass, so I planned on focusing on that instead of trying to take shots of the whole path across the sky like I normally end up doing.

ISS passing Jupiter top-right, two satellites circled.

After a couple of setup shots, I was watching the space station climb overhead and towards Jupiter. Just as the ISS was nearing Jupiter and my camera's field of view, I also noticed two rapidly moving reddish satellites. They both show up in a couple of the photos.

I don't recall ever seeing two satellites like that before - one following the other.