Congratulations on recovering this somewhat elusive object. However sightings of re-entry are unlikely as I believe numerous unsuccessful attempts have been made for many years all over the world to observe similar events without known success. It appears to be a stealth satellite as it seems to have means to prevent visibility from earth, even though there is evidence that such missions have frequently landed near human habitations . Unlike certain other satellites these devices have not caused any damage to property on re-entry though it is believed that certain chimneys have been mildly affected. I believe it is actually a master satellite with a number of tethered bionic propulsion devices , and has a crew captain aboard. The designers appear to have overcome the launch constraints often imposed by snowy or similar weather on other satellite launches. They also appear to have conducted advanced research into space/time as the captain has the ability to appear in multiple locations at the same time. It is understood that the mission is peaceful, though there are indications that it does conduct secret behavioural research. Its orbit is such that it passes over a wide scope of the earth's land mass in 24 hours. Owing to its design it is not expected that it will burn up on re-entry- it appears to be a recyclable satellite which is scheduled to be relaunched at the same time each year. Remarkably none of the bionic propulsion units have ever been located after re-entry though it is believed they have survived. Items from this object's payload have been located over a wide ground track on numerous occasions from previous annual missions. I hope list members will recover many such objects at the conclusion of the current mission, and more importantly the peace and goodwill for which another early seasonal mission to earth was designed. May I also ask that the captain bring me more clear skies in his sack, as such nights have been in rather short supply! Robert > > In the shorter clip which I posted last night > the unidentifed object moving north to south could be SleighSat ( Norad > 251204 ) This high polar orbiting satellite is rapidly decaying and > should re-enter early on the morning of > December 25. > http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/object1a.GIF > > Have a Happy Christmas > > John > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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