Alexis -- flashing? (50-second period)

Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:04:35 -0600

(Please pardon me if this has been referenced before.)  The Alexis 
satellite's home page is:

 http://alexis-www.lanl.gov/

For telescopic observers, the following page, containing information 
about the satellite, says that it spins once every 50 seconds:

 http://alexis-www.lanl.gov/~asocops/education_outreach.html#anchor64763

Okay, the (flash?) period is known.  Has anyone observed this
tiny thing flashing?  (Mike, please pardon me if I've seen it 
flashing in your telescope and forgotten....)

These Alexis pages include the satellite's current location 
(Java and no-Java), pass times over Los Alamos, and a lot of 
other information, but no TLEs.

Ed C.