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 > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' >in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org >http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > >
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