Russ wrote: >I also saw my first geo sat - Galaxy 11. According >to the RCS values published by OIG, it's RCS is 660+. >There's nothing else that has a value that big. Is >there a specific reason for it? I think that OIG's RCS values for geostationary and similar satellites may not be very reliable. I think that the span of solar panels, if available, is more reliable. The span of Galaxy 11 (or "XI") is 33.83 meters (111 feet). http://spaceflightnow.com/news/0002/24hs702arrays/ Galaxy 11 and at least four other satellites (XM-1, XM-2, Anik F1, and PAS 1R) are the same model: http://www.skyrocket.de/space/doc_sat/hs-702.htm (I can't get the information direct from Boeing.com or www.hsc.com right now.) 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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