CBERS 2B suffered a systems failure 2010 March and it was switched off - radio transmissions ceased at that time. It was three-axis stabilised so, without control, it is highly likely to have developed a tumble. Flarescan be explained by it being a rectangular box with a single, flat, solar panel at right angles to one of the faces of the box. There's an illustration here: http://www.inpe.br/noticias/galeria_imagens/concep_artistica_cbers2.jpg Bob Christy On 04/05/2011 10:44, Bram Dorreman wrote: > During two observation sessions I checked mentioned satellite. > At first I thought I saw a flare. > Last night I saw this object unintentionally and followed it. > The I noticed several maxima. > > I checked Russell Eberst's observations of March and April and did not > find any report of this object. > > In my separately sent PPAS/PNAS reports you can see I saw this > satellite at about the same time as > - 06002A 28931 ALOS (Daichi) still steady. > - 05017A 28649 Cartosat 1 which showed a just naked eye flare > otherwise I should not have seen it. > > Bram Dorreman > Site 4160: 51.27931 N, 5.47683 E, 35 m (WGS84) > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1321 / Virus Database: 1500/3613 - Release Date: 05/03/11 > > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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