Lights in the sky, seen from Manchester, UK, Starlink?

Giddierone

Senior Member.
I was in Manchester, UK on 15 Feb and saw a number of flaring satellites in the same position in the sky over about a 10 minute period around 18:45, looking South West. It was (similar to what is shown in the "How to see deployed Starlink "Racetrack" flares" thread here #142).
I only have a defocussed cell phone footage, (see zoomed, and looped version below) but each flare was about as bright as Jupiter for around a second. You could also make out the satellite movement just before the flare.
What's the best way to identify what I saw?

 
I only have a defocussed cell phone footage, (see zoomed, and looped version below) but each flare was about as bright as Jupiter for around a second. You could also make out the satellite movement just before the flare.
A Generic Top Tip: if you don't have focus, zoom out rather than in. Zooming in makes things worse, as the depth of field is reduced at an increased focal length. (DoF ~ 1/f^2)
 

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