At 13:05 11/10/01 , Ted Molczan wrote: >I am not familiar with the design issues, but it seems to me that it might have >been better to have a lighter coloured body, to enable the object to be >observed using binoculars, as a hedge against infrequent flashes. Ted, the problem is to keep the satellite warm enough for the small electronics package. There have been spacecraft failures due to low temperatures freezing the batteries, when spacecraft have failed to activate, and some near misses. Tony Beresford ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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