I would say that double iridium flares are common, they sure aren't rare:) Here's a future list of upcoming one's for your location. I hope the message doesn't get garbled. Configuration file: IRIDFLAR.CFG TLE File: iridium.txt Site name: Latitude: 42.47350 Longitude: -92.36040 Altitude: 274.0 m Time Zone: UTC -6.0 h Iridium Coordinates Range Sat Solar Flare Peak Std Maximum Flare Bearing Ir# S Date Local Time Azm El RA Decl (km) N Ill Azm Elev M Angle Mag Mag Mag Latitude Longitude (km) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2002-12-27 18:10:50.4 043 54 3h59 59.8 943.2 A Lit 252 -15.0 L 0.66 -3.8 -8.3 -3.8 42.4997 -92.2181 11.8 E 4 2002-12-27 18:11:37.5 026 41 6h09 70.4 1119.1 A Lit 253 -15.1 S 1.01 -2.6 -3.6 -2.9 42.3954 -92.6371 22.3 W 19 2002-12-28 18:04:43.5 045 54 3h53 58.4 938.5 A Lit 251 -13.8 L 1.88 -0.5 -8.3 -0.4 42.5542 -91.9544 33.7 E 19 2002-12-28 18:05:44.0 025 38 6h43 70.8 1169.8 A Lit 252 -13.9 S 1.41 -2.0 -3.5 -2.5 42.3652 -92.7658 32.7 W 36 2002-12-29 17:58:37.0 048 55 3h48 56.9 936.7 A Lit 250 -12.6 L 3.12 1.2 -8.3 1.2 42.5795 -91.6862 55.8 E 36 2002-12-29 17:59:51.5 023 36 7h16 70.9 1227.3 A Lit 251 -12.8 S 1.86 -1.5 -3.3 -2.0 42.2918 -92.9303 45.7 W 7 2002-12-30 17:52:30.0 050 55 3h47 55.4 935.2 A Lit 249 -11.4 L 4.74 2.5 -8.3 2.6 42.6422 -91.3432 84.2 E 7 2002-12-30 17:53:58.0 022 33 7h45 70.2 1285.9 A Lit 250 -11.6 S 2.16 -1.1 -3.2 -1.7 42.1927 -93.0673 56.1 W _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_advancedjmf_3mf ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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