This I will post here being forum is called m.a. and SPACE. Apologies to the Moderators if this is the wrong forum.

On 15 Nov in Ko Samui Thailand at around 9 p.m. local time I noticed a bright red light towards the east, at about 45 degrees up from the horizon. It was quite bright, reddish, and away from the recently set Sun so I thought 'neat, that must be Mars. it sure is bright here'. But is kept moving West-ish, getting slower, and then dimmer. After it was about overhead it continued to slow and dim until it was no longer visible. I was thinking it might be a satellite in orbit, but since it appeared to slow down and was not silver colour, I tend to doubt that. My only explanations is that it was some rocket launch, or perhaps a weather ballon (although I doubt why the latter would carry a steady, rust colour light).

Last night, the same thing happened again. Around 8:00 p.m. on November 16th. I first saw it maybe 60 degrees up from the horizon, and as it neared overhead it slowed, dimmed, and faded away. This time it was not at bright initially, however that could be because I did not catch site of it until later.

The Leonids are nearly here, but these things were in view for many seconds (15 to 30?) so I doubt they are the culprit. I did a little checking. The Shuttle took off yesterday but it was the wrong time and headed the wrong way, and yes a westward launch would be rare. No news is mentioned for Russian launches. I did not see reference to other recent launches.

This is a little strange! Can anyone provided a better explanation for what I saw? Thanks!