Brad Young wrote: > Phobos-Grunt (11-65A) and its r/b (11-65B) seen easily, very close to Space Track elsets. > R/b was tumbling slowly, and payload was steady and a bit orange. A significant portion of the payload is covered with a gold coloured thermal blanket, which we know from experience with other satellites, e.g. ERBS, Lacrosses 1 through 4, results in orange or reddish colour in ground-based observations. A photo showing the thermal blanket appears mid-way through the following article: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1111/08phobosgrunt/ Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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