Superbird A (89-041A, 20040) has risen in the east for central Texas. When is its flash episode? Intelsat 512 (85-087A, 16101) also has risen for the Americas, and it's similar to Superbird A, if one can see its flash episode. Last night Panamsat 1R (00-072A, 26608) brightened to about +5.5 around 2:10-15 UTC. On good nights, its fellow Boeing HS702 satellites, Galaxy 11, XM-1, XM-2, and Anik F1 continue to be visible from here with my 10x50 binoculars, beginning now around RA 21:15. One site says that their deployed length is 40.4 meters; width is 14.2 meters. Here's an "on-orbit" photo of a 702's deployed solar wing with cells and angled reflectors: http://www.stg.srs.com/Aerospace/Flat%20Panel.htm There's another one of these big, bright ones in orbit, Thuraya 1 (00-066A, 26578) somewhere else around the globe -- maybe around longitude 44 east. (It's actually some sort of derivative of the 702 called GEM.) Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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