gacrowell wrote: > >19:05:51 EST, magnitude -5, altitude 23 degrees, azimuth 317 degrees, from >Iridium 31. > >I also found that the flare track would be ascending, headed from WNW to N. >If the aircraft were headed NW towards the airport (I don't have those >details of the report), the flare would have been directly in front of him. >I figure the time reported in the article might have been the time the >report was made, so it matches pretty well. > >So, its my thought, that to the pilot, the flare might have looked like a >small rocket exhaust nearby. Is this plausible? I would value any >opinions. > I am not a guru SatObs but I have seen Iridium flares from the ground. yes: according to your position and magnitude it's plausible no: an Iridium flare is really a "beacon lighing up" just like a bright star or venus so there would be no contrails or size to the object. It really depends what the pilot saw exactly. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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