Jonathan T Wojack wrote: > > Do you mean that the operational satellites which make up the Iridium > constellation are internetworked with each other, regardless of any > space-ground and ground-space transmissions? Yes. Each satellite has three crosslink antennas. They can produce flashes on tumbling satellites since they are reflective flat plates about 10 to 12 inches across. See a picture at : http://www.obsat.com/images/iridium/t_base.jpg For a complete set of images, see http://www.obsat.com/irimage_e.html Dan -- Daniel Deak representant, projet spatial Starshine L'Avenir, Quebec COSPAR site 1747 : 45.7275°N, 72.3526°W, 191 m., UTC-5:00 Site en francais sur les satellites: French-language satellite web site : http://www.obsat.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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