Slow Iridium
cosmos33@ilink.nis.za
Sat, 31 Jan 1998 12:37:50 +2000
Hi.
Yesterday evening I tried to spot the following iridium:
30 Jan 21:54:33 -0 el. 35 az. 101 m.a. 2.4 Iridium 17
I saw it, but it was moving extremely slow, the slowest satelite I've
ever seen. Is this iridium in a higher orbit? Are there any other
iridiums up there like this one? Also, it didn't really flare and was
approx. mag. 3.8. and moved from S to N. I just found it strange.
Cheers
Cozmos
Bellville, Cape Town, SA. 18.38E, 33.54S, GMT +2h
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