And again with the ISS

I intend to get this completely right one day! Tonight I was ready!

Camera battery charged
Remote at the ready
Not too many clouds
Phone ISS App poised and primed
Test shots sorted
Bulb setting fathomed (or so I thought)
Tripod set up, horizon scanned, manual focus selected
Scene composed
Patience not too worn out.and I had had a wee before I started just in case.

And the wretched ISS comes sailing across about 12 lightyears/miles/ inches higher than expected

And the camera STILL takes the bloody pic, has a little think about it so I cannot get the hell on and take another right away!!

...what's the deal with that?? is it me, or the camera? I thought on BULB with the remote I could click on and off at will?? Obviously my camera thinks otherwise.

I am heading out in a bit to look for meteors, but I fear the clouds will have gathered, so I mightn't be out long.