UARS is the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, designed to primarily monitor the Earth's ozone layer. It was one of the first of the "Mission to Planet Earth" birds, launched from the Shuttle back in 1991. It has a fairly large body wrapped in gold Mylar foil and a large solar panel array. Geoff +=========================================================================+ | Geoff Chester grc@spica.usno.navy.mil Public Affairs Office | | US Naval Observatory | | (202) 762-1438 3450 Massachusetts Avenue, NW | | (202) 762-1516 (FAX) Washington, DC 20392 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "Each passing hour brings the Solar System 43,000 miles closer to the | | globular cluster M13 in Hercules; yet there are still some misfits who | | insist there's no such thing as progress!" -- Ransom K. Fern | +=========================================================================+ ____________________Reply Separator____________________ Subject: UARS Author: <SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de> Date: 03-Aug-98 11:16 PM Hello. I observed two passes of the UARS satellite on 8/3. One at 9:15 EDT and at 10:56 EDT. What is UARS? It seems to have a yellow color. Is this due to a covering like the Lacrosse satelites? John Kocijanski kocis@catskill.net