Re: Visorsat observation

From: Richard Cole via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 07:41:36 +0000
The default mode for those L1.8 objects in the parking orbit or in 
ascent should be knife-edge mode, but there have always been a few that 
don't seem to do that and hence are brighter. Whether they permanently 
don't use knife-edge mode or are just caught using another mode for some 
operational reason (as SpaceX suggested might happen) I don't know. 
Visorsat must have been placed in the operational mode just after launch 
so it could be observed from the ground, but it would have been hard to 
identify such a period with any certainty.

regards

Richard Cole

On 18/08/2020 15:12, Anthony Mallama wrote:
> Before recording the magnitudes of Starlinks 1569 and 1555, I observed 
> 44 other satellites from the same launch. They were all about equally 
> bright except for 4 of them which were much more luminous than the 
> others. This might indicate different orientations.
> 
> Tony Mallama

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