subject: ERS-2 23560 1995-021-A) high res OBS, Aug 24 _____________________________________________________ European remote sensing satellite 2 (ERS 2) captured during a 79.6° WSW pass on Aug 24 in good seeing conditions. The elongated shape of the body is visible well and was visible in all frames at least during closest approach. http://tinyurl.com/2772pz9 http://www.deos.tudelft.nl/ers/ers2.jpg ERS-2 is the successor of the ERS-1 and was launched 1995 from French Guiana with an Ariane. It's gyroscopes are not working since early 2001 while the tape drive aboard failed on June 22, 2003. Due to this problem the satellite is now only operational in sight of a ground station. ___________________ Ralf Vandebergh http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=303316 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20100827/8764a61b/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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