alexoid@hotmail.com wrote: > With the new mega solar panels of the ISS is it maybe possible that the ISS > will produce such nice flares like the Iridium sats do? Alexander, The flares from the Iridium satellites are produced by reflections off their main, earth-pointing, antennas (MMAs), instead of their solar panels. Typically, solar panels face the sun, and hence do not reflect sunlight toward earth. Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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