Re: following Iridium tracks

From: tlj18@juno.com
Date: Fri Apr 07 2000 - 16:18:32 PDT

  • Next message: Ron Lee: "Superbird A, 7 Apr 00 UT"

    >However, to get an idea of the 'tightness' of attitude control of the
    >satellites, and how it may be relaxed over the comming months, 
    >several
    >thousand km of groundtrack could be monitered. (or you could ask the
    >Iridium folks, but they may not talk) Precise timings of flare max 
    >and
    >deviation from predicted brightness for isolated observers could also
    >be used for this, but I've never heard of any existing baseline from
    >the operational phase of the constellation to compare it with.
    
    I must admit, such an operation sounds very intriguing!  Does anybody do
    this right now?
    
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