From this article, https://spaceflightnow.com/2017/07/14/soyuz-rideshare-launch/, it looks like Mayak was probably dispensed into a 584 km x 604 km orbit at 97.61 degrees inclination. I do not know if it successfully deployed, or if the reflector is stuck in the cubesat, or if it exploded into a million mylar pieces which might still be visible. On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 4:18 AM Leo Barhorst via Seesat-l < seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > On Friday Jul 14th 2017 at 6;36 Ut a Soyuz 2-1A will launch with 73 > payloads. > The main payload is Kanopus V-IK, several micro satellites and a lot of > Cubesats > with 8 Lemur-2 and 48 Flock 2k satellites in a 98 degree orbit. > > But the one to watch for is MAYAK (russian for Lighthouse or Beacon), a 3U > Cubesat > that will deploy a tetrahedral reflector with sides of 4 sq m. > The sat wil rotate in all 3 directions and by reflecting the sunlight it > could reach > mag -10, much brighetr than ISS (mag -4) or the Iridium-1's (mag -8). > > See the article on Spaceflight101.com with 2 video's and photo's. > > Should be a nice object to watch and image. > > Regards > Leo Barhorst > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Fri Jul 14 2017 - 17:55:04 UTC
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