Re: Iridium flares

From: George Olshevsky (george.olshevsky@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 23:09:17 EST

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Thanks for the info. I'll look up Iridium satellites online and see
what those antennae and solar panels look like (if there are pix
available).

On 11/8/05, Ed Cannon <ecannon@mail.utexas.edu> wrote:
> George Olshevsky wrote:
>
> "I've been meaning to ask--what exactly is the source of the
> Iridium flares? Reflections from shiny parts of the surface?"
>
> The brightest ones are from the main mission antennas (or
> antennae):
>
> http://www.satobs.org/iridium.html
>
> But their solar panels also flare.  Rob Matson's program
> Iridflar gives predictions for both types of flares.
>
> Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA
>
>

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