Re: Satellite colours

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In a message dated 8/10/99 11:10:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
p.henney@british-geological-survey.ac.uk writes:

> Is this just an atmos. artefact from my observing position for bright sats
>  (Sheffield, UK, +200M alt) or does it reflect (sorry about the pun)
>  someting about the actual colour/coating of the sats??

There's a photo of UARS here:
http://uarsfot08.gsfc.nasa.gov/OBS_THEME/Obs_Mnfg.html

Just a nit:
The generic name for Kapton is polyimide.
Ref:   http://www.kapton-dupont.com/
Polyamide is more commonly known as Nylon

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