At 04:04 6/05/00 , Matson, Robert wrote: >Hi Suhas, > >You wrote; > >> Today (4th May) at 20:31 LT ( 15:01 UT) saw the Iridium 26 as predicted by >> Heavens above. About 4 to 5 flashes of -5 to -4 magnitude reddish in >color. > >There is a remote possibility that Iridium 26 has just >failed (someone could check the MM to see if it has >changed in the last couple days), and that coupled with >the penumbral entry could lead to orange or red flashes. >If so, I congratulate you on a very rare observation! here are last five elsets from OIG Rob, dont think they indicate any changes. Tony Beresford IRIDIUM 26 1 24903U 97043A 00125.10588685 -.00000027 +00000-0 -16700-4 0 04185 2 24903 086.3999 348.5034 0002589 067.8957 292.2512 14.34216735141596 IRIDIUM 26 1 24903U 97043A 00124.12912718 -.00000035 +00000-0 -19533-4 0 04090 2 24903 086.4004 348.9124 0002563 068.5053 291.6417 14.34216767141452 IRIDIUM 26 1 24903U 97043A 00123.57097850 -.00000021 00000-0 -14509-4 0 4025 2 24903 86.4006 349.1458 0002518 67.3785 292.7689 14.34216998141376 IRIDIUM 26 1 24903U 97043A 00123.15236720 -.00000026 +00000-0 -16499-4 0 04227 2 24903 086.4006 349.3207 0002546 068.1517 291.9948 14.34216975141311 IRIDIUM 26 1 24903U 97043A 00122.10583971 -.00000028 +00000-0 -17107-4 0 04177 2 24903 086.4008 349.7579 0002546 071.4818 288.6686 14.34217058141168 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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