Re: Historical Inquiry

From: Bram Dorreman (bram.dorreman@skynet.be)
Date: Tue Nov 06 2001 - 15:33:19 EST

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    Hi Lloyd,
    
    I can only say yes to your 1st question:
    I observed OCS 8 times, with stellar magnitudes between +2.7 and 4.8
    (Steady)
    I observed Jawsat (the Minotaur) 5 times, regular varying between say +5.5
    and +8.0.
    Once it flashed to mag -1.
    If you like to have more data please let me know.
    
    Bram Dorreman, BWGS (Belgian Working Group Satellites) leader
    COSPAR 4160 (Achel 1):
    51° 16' 45.5" N (51.2793 N),
    5° 28' 36.6" E (5.4768 E)
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Lloyd Thomson <thomson@aros.net>
    To: SeeSat-L@satobs.org <SeeSat-L@satobs.org>
    Date: dinsdag 6 november 2001 16:27
    Subject: Historical Inquiry
    
    
    >Hi Guys
    >
    >I have been mostly a lurker for a few months. However, I have a historical
    >question for the old timers.
    >
    >I was involved with the integration of the first Minotaur launch back in
    >January 2000. This included JAWSAT, OCS, ASUSAT, FALCONSAT, and OPAL. For
    >those interesetd, current keps can be obtained at www.xmission.com/~kohlwey
    >for all but OCS, which has already decayed.
    >
    >My question is two parts.
    >First of all, did anyone with a telescope happen to observe any or all of
    >these objects on orbit. Yes, I realize that this would be difficult and
    >unlikely because of the size of the satellites.
    >
    >Second, does anyone have information on what the physical characteristics
    of
    >the object known as Minotaur Debris (26079U) would be?
    >
    >We are trying to finalize some failure analysis, and any help from this end
    >would be appreciated. Also, these objects are moving back into twilight
    >orbit in the March/April timeframe, so if you want to take a look, let me
    >know and I will see what support technical I can get to you.
    >
    >BTW OCS was a great project. It really was easy to observe, but considering
    >that it was a like a ten foot diameter mylar balloon, it is no wonder.
    >(decayed alittle over a year after launch). We would love to put some more
    >of these up for the Air Force, but their budget is a real mess right now,
    as
    >you can imagine.
    >
    >Thanks for all the help
    >
    >Lloyd Thomson
    >Sr. Design Engineer
    >One Stop Satellite Solutions Inc.
    >1805 University Cir.
    >Ogden, UT 84408-1805
    >www.osss.com
    >lloyd.thomson@osss.com
    >
    >or
    >
    >thomson@aros.net
    >
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