Satellites can certainly go into eclipse and emerge a few minutes later still above the horizon. I have seen this on a few occasions. If the duration is only 2 minutes then the eclipse would be slight, and the brightness would dim by perhaps 1 magnitude. In the case quoted (ISS eclipse entry Jun 11 2215) it will not exit until 2250 over the southern Indian Ocean, so there must be a problem with Alphonse Pouplier's predictions. Mike Waterman mike.waterman@marconi.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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