| Date: | 1999-07-29 00:00:00 | |
| Sender: | Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau <[Mailed Mike Pearlman <mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu>]> | |
| Subject: | [SLR-Mail] No. 387: Reminder: the BE-C Satellite is magnetically stabilized | |
| Author: | Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau | |
| Content: | ******************************************************************************** SLR Electronic Mail 1999-07-29 00:00:00 UTC Message No. 387 ******************************************************************************** Author: Mike Pearlman, Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Subject: Reminder: the BE-C Satellite is magnetically stabilized for Dear Colleagues: The Beacon-C satellite that was added to the ILRS tracking priorities about two weeks ago is magnetically stabilized and will not be visible at far southern sites. Dr. Minkang Cheng from the University of Texas has provided the following information: BE-C is geomagnetically stabilized. It might be difficult to track the satellite from stations to the south of Arequipa (-16.45 degree) and to north of Potsdam (52 degree) based on the observation records prior to 1986. Regards, Mike Dr. Michael R. Pearlman Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St. Cambridge MA 02138 tel. (617) 495-7481 fax. (617) 495-7105 e-mail. mpearlman@cfa.harvard.edu [Mailed From: ”Mike Pearlman” ******************************************************************************** |