Re: Iridium 26 'forgot' to flare up. LOL

From: Rod Sladen (rod.sladen@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 05 2012 - 22:44:53 UTC

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    On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 5:38 PM,  <alain.figer@club-internet.fr> wrote:
    
    > Iridium 49 flared as expected, while Iridium 26 remained barely if at all visible to the naked eye at the predicted time.
    > I I took 2 consecutive photos (of 15 seconds duration each), showing Iridium 26 steady at about magnitude 5.
    >  No flaring at all. Most surprising !
    
    Not really very surprising - Iridium 26 (24903, 1997-043A) failed in
    August 2011, and was replaced by Iridium 11 (originally 25577,
    1998-074A, but currently labelled by Space-Track as 25578, 1998-074B).
    
    More interesting is that Iridium 27 is not yet showing signs of tumbling.
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