IR flare from Lacrosse
Allen Thomson (thomsona@netcom.com)
Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:28:37 -0800 (PST)
In light (so to speak) of the current interest in Iridium flares,
I though it might be appropriate to call attention to a recent Russian
paper which analyzes a 10-micron flare from one of the Lacrosse
satellites to deduce the size and orientation of the reflecting surface,
presumed to be the radar antenna. It's:
"Nablyudeniye zerkal'nogo solnechnogo otrazheniya ot ISZ Lacross v
spektral'nom diapazone 8-12 mkm"
[Observation of a Specular Solar Reflection from a Lacrosse Satellite
in the 8-12 Micron Band]
by Ye. A. Grishin, S.N Melkov and V.L. Milovidov
Kosmicheskiye Issledovaniya, 1997, Vol.35, No.4, pp. 353-355.
I believe Kosmicheskiya Issledovaniya appears in an English
translation, but I forget what it's called -- probably "Space Research."