Re: no flaring from ANIK F1 at the same area of sky as Galaxy 11 did

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IMHO, the rationale for "predicting" geosat flares 
near the equinoxes is that designers/operators don't care 
to point the solar panels accurately in declination.
Rather, they leave them at 0 degrees declination, 
so they tolerate +-23.5 degrees pointing error.
Then, some solar panels may be a few degrees 
off (temporarily?) without making much of a difference in efficiency, 
only in flaring.
 
/Björn

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> Must be the difference in the orientation the
> spacecraft would have, to point the antenna's at the
> ground stations different company's use, just a thought of mine.
>


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