> The shape is quite strange, with a rectangular silhouette > and an outgrowth. Two other videos taken several weeks before, > although in different passage angle, show similar apparent rectangular > shape. Very curious. The obvious speculation would be that the mesh parabolic dish antenna of the first Lacrosses was replaced by a rectangular planar antenna on Lacrosse 5. A planar and specularly reflective antenna might explain the disappearance trick -- modeling sun angles on the satellite for this pass might be informative. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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