From Spaceflight Now fact sheet: > Jason 1 will use its thrusters to raise itself into the same orbital > altitude as Topex/Poseidon, and then move in close behind its > predecessor, trailing by about 500 kilometers (300 miles). > > The two spacecraft will fly in formation, making nearly simultaneous > measurements. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d289/011205jason.html Occasionally Topex/Poseidon does very bright flares, so I wonder if Jason, though it's smaller, will mimic Topex as it will be following it by about 80 seconds (if I did the math correctly). That is, if Topex flares are due to its solar panel, I would think that Jason's panels would flare when/if Topex does. We *may* get clear sky on Saturday night ... maybe ... I hope. 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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