Kevin Fetter <kfetter@yahoo.com> wrote: > Iridium 20 ( 25578 ) and Iridium 23 ( 24906 ) are somewhat close to each other. In early November 2010, Iridium 11 (originally 25577, 1998-074A, but currently labelled by Space-Track as 25578, 1998-074B), previously spare, was raised to the operational orbit, just a few seconds behind Iridium 23 (24906, 1997-043D). This suggested that Iridium 23 must have failed on station. See http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Nov-2010/0167.html However, Iridium 23 appears still to be under control and remains on station, so there may have been only a partial or temporary failure. The two satellites remain a few seconds apart. Orbital Plane 2 has no other spare satellite. _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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