Hi all, Starshine 2 has been deployed at 15:02:34 UT in the direction of the velocity vector of the Shuttle. Eastern Europe should be very well placed for the first observations of the satellite at 17:55 UT. As seen from the video downlink of the satellite ejection, it produced flashes, often by groups of two, every 10 to 15 seconds. The Starshine project needs many observation reports in the coming weeks to help in the design (now in progress) of the respin system for the future satellites of the series including 4 and 5 now scheduled to launch on STS-114 in January 2002. What we need if the time of the flashes seen, with magnitude if possible, or the flashing period. For the period, I think it can be difficult because the flashes are irregular. You can send your observations directly to the Starshine project HQ at gilmoore12@aol.com Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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