Two separate pairs of initially stationary star-like objects moving away from one another

Time is approximate (full dark, just past twilight). Sitting together on rock with 16 YO son facing south after cleaning a couple of trout, while two younger sons continued to fish. Flicker of green light (possibly a laser pointer) in tops of trees to SW part of lake drew our attention. As we looked up and to the SE we noticed a pair of “stars” close together—less than a finger’s width at arms length-approximately 20-25 degrees above the horizon. The pair suddenly began to move apart, one on the left to the SE, the other to the NW, about the speed of a satellite crossing the sky until out of sight. A few minutes later, but closer to the zenith overhead we observed similar behavior from another pair of “stars.” Partial moon was up west of the zenith and Venus was super bright further west. No images.