Re: Iridium 11 relocated

From: daniel crawford (djcunix@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Aug 29 2011 - 20:07:38 UTC

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    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
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