Following the release of the Astra eclipse animation , I was contacted by a member of staff from SES /Astra , who very kindly corrected my still image identifying the spacecraft prior to going into shadow. Based on timings provided by Nova for Windows , I came up with the following : http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/astralabel.jpg Hugues Laroche , from the Betzdorf control centre advised that they (SES) had considered imaging the satellites themselves last night , but weather conditions were not favourable.He cross checked he position of the birds , centred on Winchester UK , and according to them the actual positions , according I presume to command and control parameters , were http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/SESlabel.jpg So , I think I can say with some degree of certainty , that , thanks to Hugues , the latter image is correct :O) Regards, John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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