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Observed magnitudes of Qianfan spacecraft range from 4 when they are near zenith to 8 when low in the sky. Nearly all of the observations can be modeled with a nadir-facing flat antenna panel and the underside of a zenith-facing solar array, both wit
Externí odkaz:
http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.20432
Autor:
Mallama, Anthony, Cole, Richard E., Harrington, Scott, Worley, Aaron, Respler, Jay, Bassa, Cees, Tilley, Scott
The BlueWalker 3 satellite is now fainter than during the first months after deployment. The greatest improvement is that the average maximum luminosity near zenith has been reduced from magnitude 1.0 to 2.2. However, the spacecraft is still usually
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04140
The mean apparent magnitude of Starlink Mini Direct-To-Cell (DTC) satellites is 4.62 while the mean of magnitudes adjusted to a uniform distance of 1000 km is 5.50. DTCs average 4.9 times brighter than other Starlink Mini spacecraft at a common dista
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03092
Autor:
Mallama, Anthony, Cole, Richard E.
Starlink satellites can become extremely bright when sunlight reflects specularly to an observer on the ground. The observed brightness of such flares is consistent with a bidirectional reflectance function of the Starlink satellite chassis. These fi
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13091
Observations of Starlink V2 Mini satellites during orbit-raising suggest that SpaceX applies brightness mitigation when they reach a height of 357 km. The mean apparent magnitudes for objects below that height threshold is 2.68 while the mean for tho
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2405.12007
Autor:
Mallama, Anthony, Cole, Richard E., Respler, Jay, Bassa, Cees, Harrington, Scott, Worley, Aaron
The illumination phase functions for Starlink Mini satellites are determined for times of twilight and darkness. Those functions are then evaluated to give apparent magnitudes over a grid of points across the sky and over a range of solar angles belo
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.01546
Various first order approaches have been proposed in the literature to solve Linear Programming (LP) problems, recently leading to practically efficient solvers for large-scale LPs. From a theoretical perspective, linear convergence rates have been e
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01959
Autor:
Mallama, Anthony, Hornig, Andreas, Cole, Richard E., Harrington, Scott, Respler, Jay, Lee, Ron, Worley, Aaron
Photometric characteristics for all models of Starlink satellites launched to date are reviewed. The Original design that lacked brightness mitigation is the most luminous. SpaceX installed a sunshade on the VisorSat model which reduced its luminosit
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14152
Autor:
Mallama, Anthony, Cole, Richard E., Harrington, Scott, Hornig, Andreas, Respler, Jay, Worley, Aaron, Lee, Ron
Starlink Generation 2 Mini satellites are fainter than Gen 1 spacecraft despite their larger size. The mean of apparent magnitudes for satellites in brightness mitigation mode is 7.06 +/- 0.10. When these magnitudes are adjusted to a uniform distance
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06657
The BlueWalker 3 (BW3) satellite was folded into a compact object when launched on 2022 September 11. The spacecraft's apparent visual magnitude initially ranged from about 4 to 8. Observations on November 11 revealed that the brightness increased by
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http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.00831