I tried 4-5 passes before it lost evening visibility here. I noticed there was a large decrease in decay rate before that. If in error, ther would be a huge uncertainty, as Ted implied. If not, could the sail have ruptured, so there are fewer and fainter flashes/flares ? 2011/10/20 Ted Molczan <ssl3molcz@rogers.com>: > Thierry Legault: > >> hello, it seems to me that it's a long time that we haven't seen a >> report or image about Nanosail. >> The age of elements in Calsky and Heavens Above is about 40 days. > > It has been 51 days since official or hobbyist TLEs have been issued. The official source is here: > > http://nanosaild.engr.scu.edu/dashboard.htm > >> Could it have been lost? >... > -- ---------------------------------------- Björn Gimle, COSPAR 5919 59.2576 N, 18.6172 E, 23 m Phone: +46 (0)8 571 43 312 Mobile: +46 (0) 704 385 486 _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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