Re: MEV-2 and Intelsat 10-01

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:51:25 +0200
Op 30-3-2021 om 00:34 schreef Sergei Schmalz via Seesat-l:
> Hello Marco,
> 
> the brighter one is Intelsat-1002, it's always at least 1 mag brighter
> than MEV-2 at any phase angle. I've done a lot of photometry for the
> both before they came closer and during the docking attempt.

I reckoned as much, as I would suspect that the brighter one is Intelsat 10-02.
So 18 SPCS indeed did inadvertently switch the ID's it seems.

My blogpost now features an updated image with the ID's as they (apparently)
should be:

https://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2021/03/cosmic-ballet-approach-of-mev-2-and.html

- Marco


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