Ed Wrote I think that OIG's RCS values for geostationary and similar satellites may not be very reliable. The vales are not reliable. Galaxy 11 has a rcs value of 660.5076 . I beleive rcs value are square meters. Boeing says it is 102 ft ( 31 m )long. See http://www.hsc.com/factsheets/702/galaxy_xi/galaxy_xi.html ANIK F1 has a rcs value 188.1741. It is 132.5 ft ( 40.4 m ) long. See http://www.hsc.com/factsheets/702/anik_f1/anik_f1.html So you can see the rcs values are not that reliable. Russell wrote I also saw my first geo sat - Galaxy 11. If you look at it again, with an eyepeice with a good field of view, you should see nimiq 1. Using my 70 mm refractor with a eyepeice that gives around 1.25 degree feild of view I can easily see the two together in the feild of view. Anyone in canada who has one of those bell minidish satellite receivers, nimiq 1 is the sat you get the signal from. As galaxy 11 is east of nimiq 1, it will be the first "moving star" to pass between two stars, when the path of the satellites goes between two stars. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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