Intelsat 1R is faint, as it gets ready to flare

From: Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 01:50:23 UTC

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I can just see Intelsat 1R ( 26608 ) on the tv, it's faint.

Soon if all goes to plans, it should reach at least mag 7 tonight.

So darn reliable, this geo sat is.

Kevin



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