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Re: {MPML} Tumbling satellite?

A microradian is about 0.2 arcseconds, the size of one meter at a
distance of one thousand kilometers. I'm guessing the width of the streak is
about five arcseconds or 25 microradians. That could be some satellite 25
meters in size at a thousand kilometers or five meters at two hundred
kilometers. The latter figure could correspond to a rocket stage tumbling
end-over-end in low earth orbit. Merely a plausible guess.






Wed Jul 15, 2009 2:21 am

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Not much traffic these days so let me ask a somewhat off-topic question please. Last night on one follow-up field I had a satellite crossing the field, but the...
Reiner M. Stoss
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Jul 15, 2009
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Hi Reiner, Could it be a tethered satellite? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_satellite Paulo...
Paulo Holvorcem
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Jul 15, 2009
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Jet? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: "Reiner M. Stoss" <rstoss@...> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:58:41 To:...
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A microradian is about 0.2 arcseconds, the size of one meter at a distance of one thousand kilometers. I'm guessing the width of the streak is about five...
Roy Tucker
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Hi, I've previously noted something like this in emails to seesat, but it was rather more clearcut than your images Reiner. On several occasions when scanning...
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Jul 15, 2009
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Reiner, Nice image! J75-La Sagra has coordinates : Lat 37 58 57 N Long 2 33 55 W Alt 1500m The satellite is the Cosmos 1660 Rocket (15822 1985-047-B) Distance:...
Stefano Sposetti
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Jul 15, 2009
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Reiner, I concur with Stefano about it being atmospheric turbulence. For one, the modulation of the trail appears not to be regular / periodic - Is it not? ...
RICHARD MILES
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