![]() ![]() We tend to think of Geosats as just even though they are closely controlled, they meander in space within a 100km control cube. Just before going into eclipse the satellites flare as the sunlight reflects off their solar panels.then they disappear for a few minutes until they acquire the Sun again. More important though is the fact they they are moving around. ![]() This happened during the Sun Outage period, when the shadow of the earth passed in front of the satellites, so for a short period they lost solar power. I created it using telescope and webcam to demonstrate to Eutelsat what happened to their 13 east fleet during eclipse. A bit off topic, but as we are talking about inclined satellites. ![]()
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