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BlueWalker 3 Redux

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2024-07-08 v1
Authors: Anthony Mallama , Richard E. Cole , Scott Harrington , Aaron Worley , Jay Respler , Cees Bassa , Scott Tilley
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Abstract

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 bright enough to interfere with astronomical research.

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@article{arxiv.2407.04140,
  title  = {BlueWalker 3 Redux},
  author = {Anthony Mallama and Richard E. Cole and Scott Harrington and Aaron Worley and Jay Respler and Cees Bassa and Scott Tilley},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.04140},
  year   = {2024}
}

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