94038A update to previous, sure enough, the first +4 flash out of shadow & into sunlight immersion was ~ 0834:37.8 ut there may have been a +7 (penumbra?) flash ~ 0834:16 marginally seen & not split. hummm it occurred to me after the fact, naturally, that I should have reset the clocks during shadow to see if >immersion the shadow had effected the timing. I suppose I could still do that, but I'm a little sleepy. the pre_shadow PPAS ... 94- 38 A 02-09-06 07:26:36.1 PG18920.8 0.2 908 20.838 +4/+6->inv the flash period had stabilized at 20.838s with a 0.001s resolution with the earlier PPAS report 4 hours ago 94- 38 A 02-09-06 03:28:21.4 PG 4626.1 0.2 222 20.838 +4/+6->inv the 0726 ut is merely to show the 5h15m duration. intermediate weigh_points do show the linear spin up at ten-thousandth of a second level, but who's counting (other than Rob :) and the variation since 03sep shows a spin up (flash period decrease) of ~ 0.011 sec/day. what is the limitation, if any, to a constant spin up for a near_geo with perigee at 35,720 km. in 5.5 years will it be a 'constant' +4 blurr ? could it spin so fast you could not see any glint, or fly apart from centrifugal force, or will it settle into a range of increases and decreases in spin rate as has been reported for other sats. adios 5762 ******************************************** Paul Gabriel 8305 26.24306N 098.21614W GPS (CT|UTC-6/-5) +35.97m USGS/NED, -25.22m EGM96 Geoid height +10.75m WGS-84 Ellipsoid height aka McAllen, Texas USA 78504-2940 "wherever you go, there you are" astro@pgog.net ******************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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