Washington Post Iridium Article + ISS Obs

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Date: Tue Aug 29 2000 - 09:27:58 PDT

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    On Page A3 of today's (8/29) Washington Post there is a 1/2 page article on 
    the deorbiting of the Iridium system.  The text of the article may be found 
    here:
    http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26263-2000Aug25.html
    
    Although there is little new information in the article, it does reference 
    the flares and contains a credited photo of a flare by Chris Dorreman - the 
    photo at:
    http://www2.satellite.eu.org/image/iridfl.jpg
    
    ISS:
    There was a 65 deg elevation pass of the ISS in the SW last evening at 00:41 
    UTC; 29 August.  It was slightly brighter than Arcturus and the color was as 
    blue as I've ever seen it.  
    
    Cheers
    Don Gardner  39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/
    
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