Sorry, I am missing information. Iridium 26 (24903) is the other predicted flare Rod requested obs for. daniel On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:04 PM, daniel crawford <djcunix@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a flare (-7) predicted at my house around sunrise on the 31st. > Coincidentally, it is at the same time may daughter's bus comes to > pick her up at school for her first day of 1st grade. (both predicted > at 6:33, sunrise at 6:34). I'll be out with her watching. Bonus - > predicted as a double flare. (with Iridium 20 - 25578). > > Weather looks poor. > > Daniel Crawford > > 45.047°N, 93.366°W > > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Rod Sladen <rod.sladen@gmail.com> wrote: >> Iridium 11 (25578, 1998-074B) evidently took over from Iridium 23 >> (24906, 1997-043D) in November 2010. At the start on August 2011, >> Iridium 11 was still occupying that position. >> >> However, a few days later, Iridium 11 was moved around the plane to >> take over in the position of Iridium 26 (24903, 1197-043A). >> >> This suggests that >> - Iridium 11 is fully functional >> - Iridium 23 retains some functionality >> - Iridium 26 is probably the satellite reported in a recent Iridium >> filing as having failed in August 2011. >> >> Observations of all 3 of these satellites are very welcome. >> >> I have updated my Iridium Constellation Status page at >> http://www.rod.sladen.org.uk/iridium.htm >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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