Dear all, There have been many reported observations of flaring three-axis-stabilized geosat around the equinoxes in the last years. Has anybody observed a similar effect on spinning satellites like the Meteosats or satellites with a spinning section like the older Intelsats? Meteosat: http://www.eumetsat.de/en/mtp/images/meteosat_midres.jpg Intelsat: http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/376/intelsat_vi/intelsat_vi.html Nominally, the spin axis of these satellites is pointing to the poles, such that there should be a similar effect around the equinoxes. Some of them should even be flickering from the specular reflections on the solar array elements. Anyway, it is probably worthwhile to have a look in the coming days and weeks! Remember: The occurance of this effect depends on your latitude: latitude optimum date -80 01 September -60 04 September -40 09 September -20 15 September 0 23 September +20 30 September +40 07 October +60 12 October +80 15 October (Sorry to the Seesaters on the southern hemisphere!) Rainer ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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