Re: Re:Play spot the geo sat stuck in geo transfer

From: Alain Figer via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 13:04:40 +0100 (CET)
Yes indeed, Express MD2 , 2012-044B , was extremely orange as I observed and photographed it in 2012 (and ever since).
Alain


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Either this and/or the Telkom payload appeared somewhat orange when they
are making a close/bright pass.

Ron Lee


> A geo sat that was left in a geo transfer orbit, due to proton launch
> failure, is making passes. Right now the entire orbit is in sunlight. The
> sat is Expresss MD2 catalog number 38745.
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