[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

328 feet wide....?

[Crazieman]

If true, should be easily visible as a naked eye object like the ISS

[I Shall Endure]

That’s the width of its receiving antenna, which unfolds once it’s in orbit.

[stormer]

When deployed...

[Red6]

When in space stateltites often unpack themselves. The solar panels drive out etc etc etc. Small when payload, very large in space.

[Bean Counter]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/trumpet.htm

“The MENTOR 1-3 spacecraft introduced the very large unfurling dish structures “wrap-rib” large deployable bleached white gold colored mesh covered receiving dish antenna design of about 350 feet in diameter with a total spacecraft estimated mass of an estimated 10,000 pounds for the Titan-4A Centaur and 12,700 pounds for the Titan-4B Centaur. MENTOR’s first launch was May 14, 1995 and the second subsequent launch was May 9, 1998 while its third and last launch was on September 9, 2003. “

This is a variant on the Mentor “advanced Orion” and it apparently is that big....

[Bean Counter]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/trumpet.htm

“The MENTOR 1-3 spacecraft introduced the very large unfurling dish structures “wrap-rib” large deployable bleached white gold colored mesh covered receiving dish antenna design of about 350 feet in diameter with a total spacecraft estimated mass of an estimated 10,000 pounds for the Titan-4A Centaur and 12,700 pounds for the Titan-4B Centaur. MENTOR’s first launch was May 14, 1995 and the second subsequent launch was May 9, 1998 while its third and last launch was on September 9, 2003. “

This is a variant on the Mentor “advanced Orion” and it apparently is that big....

[GeronL]

Sounds HUGE

[SunkenCiv]

It’s shaped like the Sta-Puft marshmallow man.