In PPAS Format: 89-041 A 03-12-02 03:16:36.42JDG 583.8 0.3 26 22.45 +7.5->inv 89-041 A 03-12-02 03:32:41.35JDG 527.4 0.3 47 11.22 -1.0->inv The phase shift was around 03:27:30 UTC. I wanted to see if I could observe the entire "phantom surface" and phase shift flash cycles. I started observing Superbird A at 02:40 UTC and saw no flashes until 03:06:52 UTC. I observed no double flashes. I'm convinced that if the surface that yields the bright flashes first is the "A" surface and the second surface that yields bright flashes is the "B" surface, then the "phantom surface" is the "B" surface. Flash times for tonight's observation may be found here: http://www.geocities.com/iss25544/sba20031202.txt Superbird A 1 20040U 89041A 03326.08454206 -.00000273 00000-0 10000-3 0 4511 2 20040 9.1635 46.1342 0005993 125.0165 234.9351 0.99748594 52243 -- Cheers, Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ http://www.howardastro.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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