Re: Thanks>Visual color of satellite

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Hi Mark, Kevin , Kocijanski:

              Thanks for the explanation. I will look out for Lacrosse satellites
( just missed tonite) next time..

> A popular material on sats is Kapton, a polyimide material used for
> thermal blanketing. Quite temperature-resistant. It's a yellow-orange
> sheet. It also suffers erosion by atomic oxygen in low earth orbit,
> something I was briefly involved in studying a few years back.
>

> The Lacrosse photo sure looks like Kapton.
>
> Best, Mark


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