Re: Detailed video of Lacrosse 5 and disappearance trick

From: Allen Thomson (thomsona@flash.net)
Date: Tue Feb 14 2012 - 21:17:59 UTC

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    > 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.
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