Spares are/were not excluded in IridFlar, since their attitudes are maintained, though possibly to a larger tolerance. I have predictions by IridFlar for Ir95 (and other satellites in that orbital plane) from about Oct.13 on (mornings) But this is with a very generous magnitude limit : My first for Ir95 is Oct.15; the first one with negative magnitude (H-A restriction) is Oct.18, and this prediction matches H-A's. FLARE221.TXT for IridFlar 2.21 says: Anomalous Satellites -------------------- As of March 4, 2002, 15 satellites out of 95 that have been launched have either failed or decayed: Iridiums 2, 9, 911, 914, 920, 921, 24, 27, 44, 48, 69, 71, 73, 79, and 85. Since their orientations are not maintained, and a stable orientation is necessary in order to predict flares, I've removed these satellites from the prediction list. ----- Original Message ----- ... Has there been any observations of Iridium 95 flaring lately? I ask this because Heavens-Above shows a flare at my location but Iridflar does not. (31 Oct) Would somebody explain the difference please? Is this because Iridium 95 was a spare at one time and (I'm not sure) it was 'coded out' of Iridflar??? ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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