Intelsat 1R and Intelsat 704

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jun 26 2009 - 02:54:38 UTC

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    Watched Intelsat 1R ( 26608 ) flare up again, at around 
    2:09 utc ( June 25 ) 
    
    I am watching Intelsat 704 ( 23461 ) flash to 8th mag range, just over every 4 minutes. I can see it between the bright flashes, it's just faint.
    
    At around 2:50 utc ( June 25 ) it gave a flash. The flash last's a couple of seconds, due to the slow rotation of the satelllite.
    
    Be interesting to see, how bright the flashes get over time, as the sun declination value changes.
    
    Kevin
    
    
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