Paraphrasing Mike McCants post to match what I saw last night:
The unid geo sat parked near Brazilsat B3 ( 25152 ) has gotten brighter. These objects were first seen through my 12 inch telescope about 05:40 UT July 6 from Tulsa2. I estimated magnitude 10 (leader) and 11 (trailer). I estimated that they were about 0.04 degrees apart. I saw the "leader" as about 0.03 degrees east and about 0.02 degrees north of the "trailer" (opposite of Mike). I agree that the "leader" increased in brightness fairly rapidly and about 05:45 UT,
I estimated it was magnitude 8. The "trailer" increased to about
magnitude 10. By 05:55 UT, the "leader" had faded to magnitude 11 but
also think the trailer had faded a bit to about magnitude 11.5
Positional report later...does this object have a designation yet?
TULSA2:
COSPAR 8335 +35.831, -96.147 1100 ft
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