I have a nice pass tonight as well as a predicted -7ish flare from Irid 82 that is a short drive for me. Skies should be clear; I'll check it out. Daniel Crawford 45.0472 -93.36630 On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Rod Sladen wrote: > The latest elset from OIG: > > IRIDIUM 82 > 1 25467U 98051A 03280.46862331 .00168483 00000-0 59459-1 0 2450 > 2 25467 86.3953 312.0281 0010866 102.7867 258.1314 14.34767939269711 > > shows Iridium 82 some 10km lower than, and in a somewhat more > eccentric orbit than, the previous elset which showed it still on > station in the operational orbit: > IRIDIUM 82 > 1 25467U 98051A 03279.98031313 +.00000313 +00000-0 +10484-3 0 02514 > 2 25467 086.3873 312.2236 0004740 071.0443 289.1268 14.34218413269648 > > It remains to be seen whether Iridium 82 has now also to be > counted among the failures. Meanwhile, the orbit of Iridium 38 > continues slowly to decay. > Unfortunately, patchy cloud this evening denied me the opportunity > to confirm the presence or otherwise of solar panel flares from > Iridium 38 and Iridium 82. > There is no sign yet of any boost to Iridium 77, the other spare > satellite in orbital plane 6. > > -- > Rod Sladen > Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK > 52.923N, 1.219W > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' > in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org > List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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