Allen Thomson posted: >Is there any indication that DSP satellites do end-of-life maneuvers like >some comsats? I suspect objects 90002 and 90003 are such DSPs based on their optical characteristics. Both have periods near 20 seconds and give flashes that match DSP solar panel flashes in brightness compared to the much brighter flashes from Comsat solar panels. Unknown 981015 1 90002U 98789A 03212.34957421 0.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 08 2 90002 14.7674 347.3190 0007004 296.5638 63.4405 0.99817440 03 Unknown 990103 1 90003U 99503A 03357.04494858 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 01 2 90003 12.3120 29.1891 0054936 101.9601 258.0398 0.98680800 02 But I cannot explain why we have not found more objects like this if there really are 10 or more DSPs like this. Mike McCants ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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