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Originally Posted by Jon
Moving into the morning sunlight?
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Looks like it. Geostationary sats are normally in Sunlight all of the time, except for periods around the equinox twice per year when they go into the Earth's shadow. We are 5 weeks from equinox, but it might be near enough.
And yes geostationary sats do drift in declination, especially when their onboard hydrazine fuel supply runs low for orbital corrections.
Considering you are pointed at the Clarke Belt, like others mentioned it's a good bet this is a geostationary sat with declination drift.