> >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. May I ask what the purpose of the electronics package is? I thought Starshine was to do nothing else than to orbit the Earth and provide flashes. Perhaps for thruster control? ------------------------------ Jonathan T. Wojack tlj18@juno.com 39.706d N 75.683d W http://www.angelfire.com/stars2/projectorion 4 hours behind UT (-4) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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