Hi all,
The next Delta 3 launch scheduled for Aug. 23 at 11:00 UT from Cape
Canaveral will carry a payload that could be of special interest to
visual satellite observation. Here's an excerpt from Florida Today :
"The payload was painted with
alternating white and black stripes on its midsection, and alternating black
and white pie-shaped triangles on the satellite’s top plate. Reflective
surfaces also have been added to provide laser cross-section targets at
both visible and infrared wavelengths."
The whole story is here :
http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/stories/2000b/082100b.htm
and an image can be found here :
http://www.floridatoday.com/space/explore/images/2000b/082100a.jpg
It looks like an adapter I use on my turntables to play my records
backwards :-)
--
Daniel Deak
Drummondville, Quebec
COSPAR site 1746 : 45.8537°N, 72.4857°W, 90 m., UTC-4:00
Site en francais sur les satellites:
French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com
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