Re: ISS solar cells

From: Ralph McConahy (rmcconahy@earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Dec 03 2000 - 17:12:19 PST

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    alexoid@hotmail.com wrote:
    > With the new mega solar panels of the ISS is it maybe possible that the
    ISS
    > will produce such nice flares like the Iridium sats do?
    
    Alexander,
    The flares from the Iridium satellites are produced by reflections off their
    main, earth-pointing, antennas (MMAs), instead of their solar panels.
    Typically, solar panels face the sun, and hence do not reflect sunlight
    toward earth.
    
      Ralph McConahy
      34.8829N  117.0064W  670m
    
    
    
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