Kevin Fetter <kfetter@geocities.com> said: >Looks like there might be a new satellite with a red color in the sky, to >join erbs and the lacrosse satellites. The new satellite will be IKONOS 1 >to be launched in april. I was looking at a picture of it, and some of it >is covered in Kapton, the stuff used for thermal blanketing. But remember that IKONOS is a much smaller satellite so it will be dimmer and the color won't be as apparent. Philip Chien, KC4YER Earth News world (in)famous writer, science fiction fan, ham radio operator, all-around nice guy, etc.