ST OBS August 21st, 2014: w/ identified? UNID...

From: Scott Tilley via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:59:03 -0700
An UNID was observed during this session that seems to fit the modus 
operandi of Geosat FO[25157 98 007A] given the inclination derived from 
the observed data.  However, having a look as the PPAS and Seesat-L 
comments I didn't see anything that described the extreme regular 
flashing that was observed.  With a constant flash period of 1.2 seconds 
and its intense brightness I at first thought I had seen a distant 
aircraft.  Analysis of the data revealed otherwise.

The UNID was bright enough to ramp the gain down of the analysis 
software and swamped out the dim stars visible in the frame.  See for 
yourself here:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15916951/SATOBS/2014-08-21T10-04-19.164.fits.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15916951/SATOBS/2014-08-21T10-04-29.164.fits.png

GEOSAT FO SUSPECT 537 X 547 km
1 00000U 14233.   14233.41985535  .00000756  00000-0 50000-4 0    06
2 00000 109.4459  31.5666 0007376 346.2954  76.7501 15.07254736    03

25157 98 007A   8049 G 20140821100422804 17 25 1019579+682620 37 F
25157 98 007A   8049 G 20140821100427104 17 25 1036380+680520 37 F
25157 98 007A   8049 G 20140821100431064 17 25 1050833+674147 37 F
25157 98 007A   8049 G 20140821100435502 17 25 1105485+671093 37 F

Others playing ball...
37168 10 048A   8049 G 20140821054923347 17 25 0637932+673701 37 S
37168 10 048A   8049 G 20140821054933346 17 25 0641304+695432 37 S
37168 10 048A   8049 G 20140821054938366 17 25 0643509+710610 37 S
37955 11 075B   8049 G 20140821062036345 17 25 0618607+703490 37 S
37955 11 075B   8049 G 20140821062043445 17 25 0644308+690376 37 S
37955 11 075B   8049 G 20140821062051164 17 25 0706207+672048 37 S
39475 13 072P   8049 G 20140821073733690 17 25 0752154+684960 37 S
39475 13 072P   8049 G 20140821073743692 17 25 0823014+695703 37 S
39475 13 072P   8049 G 20140821073753694 17 25 0857460+704194 37 S
28537 05 004A   8049 G 20140821101024161 17 25 1033185+690782 37 S
28541 05 004C   8049 G 20140821101024161 17 25 1043573+695102 37 S
28541 05 004C   8049 G 20140821101029183 17 25 1034188+691619 37 S
36124 09 073A   8049 G 20140821102029173 17 25 1121943+674155 37 S
36124 09 073A   8049 G 20140821102034193 17 25 1124727+684517 37 S
36124 09 073A   8049 G 20140821102044193 17 25 1131224+705626 37 S

Obs below in extreme twilight...
20692 90 050D   8049 G 20140821122124560 17 25 1321498+694099 37 S
20691 90 050C   8049 G 20140821122234563 17 25 1327635+700834 37 S
20642 90 050E   8049 G 20140821122724577 17 25 1346529+704077 37 S

Regards,

ROBERTS CREEK 1:
8049 ST 49.4348 -123.6685 40. Scott Tilley
ROBERTS CREEK 2:
8048 ST 49.4175 -123.6420 1. Scott Tilley




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