FltSatCom 3 flashing geosync

From: George Roberts (gr@pobox.com)
Date: Tue Oct 26 2004 - 22:02:37 EDT

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    My first geosync ever!  and it's a flasher!  And there isn't anything in satobs
    about it that I can find other than from august of 2003.
    
    I've been waiting for 2 damn weeks for the clouds to clear so I can see a geosync
    and finally tonight is clear and the damn moon is somewhat in the way.  Anyway,
    searching along approx -5 declination  with 7x50s I spotted a bright flasher to about mag 4.
    I got a position and time and it has to be 80004A / 11669.  It's been flashing for
    20 minutes with no end in sight.  Sorry I don't have timings as I just don't have the
    right equipment and it seems irregular for this object.
    
    obs at 01:07:00 UT 10/27/2004 (actually 9:06-9:14pm EST on 10/26 local)
    
    If someone else can spot this around 1:00:00 UT let me know and we can do multiple
    simultaneous measurements and see which direction it is spinning and such.
    
    - George Roberts
    42.3N  71.3W 
    
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