nice iridium flare show = 2 flaring iridiums, just not at the same time

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Apr 09 2011 - 09:54:30 UTC

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    That was nice.
    
    First Iridium 64 ( 25287 ) flare up, then a few seconds after it, Iridium 14 ( 25777 ) flare up much brigher, as heavens above listed.
    
    Iridium 14 is in a lower orbit, roughly 70 km give are take below the orbit of iridium 64.
    
    They occured around 9:42 utc ( Apr 9 ). Easy to see in a twilight sky,
    
    Nice way to end the night, of getting flared and flashed.
    
    Kevin
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