On Fri, 10 May 2002, Tom Wagner wrote: > Do iridium flares occur less often is some areas of the world? I wonder > because when I look for them at a location of a friend, that is 8.7452°N, > 167.7395°E, they seem to be less numerous than they are at my place at > 42.473513°N, 92.360413°W. With the Iridium's 86 degree inclinations, areas closer to the equator will see fewer flares because there will be fewer visible passes per unit area. For Iridium flares you would be best positioned very near the poles. If you worked at the South Pole Station you could see flares 24 hours a day for months at a time. In general, the closer your latitude is to a satellite's inclination the more passes you will have for that satellite. Robert Fenske, Jr. rfenske@swri.edu Sw |The Taming the C*sm*s series: Southwest Research Institute /R---\ | Signal Exploitation & Geolocation Div | I | |"The Martian canals were the San Antonio,Texas USA ph:210-522-3931 \----/ | Martians' last ditch effort." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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