I wonder if a different type of solar panel might explain the ones flaring three hours before shadow entry. Here's an illustration of one of the XM Radio satellites that shows the three-sided shape (three sides of a trapezoid) of the panels: http://www.hsc.com/hsc_pressreleases/photogallery/xm1/xm1c.html I don't have any idea which other ones might have that type of panels. What you are see in in addition to the solar cell, is the angled solar reflector panels which concentrate the suns rays on the solar cells. It is stardard on the Boeing HS702 series of spacecraft. It is found on the following sats in orbit. Anik F1 Galaxy XI PAS-1R. XM-Rock XM-Roll Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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