Never mind. I should have read the entire thread. Rod Sladen reported the below: "It appears that Iridium 28 (24948,1997-051E) suffered a complete communications failure on July 17, 2008. It was replaced a few days later by Iridium 95 (27375, 2002-005D). > Is it possible that P27 also partly failed, and is being held > as a possible spare should a fully working spare not, at some > future time, be available ? No. Iridium 28 died on station." On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:23 PM, daniel crawford <djcunix@gmail.com> wrote: > This is an old thread I found while looking for information about > Iridium 28, I wanted to re bring this question up. > > I expected a flare from Iridium 28 on August 24th but it was a no > show. Normally, I may have thought that perhaps I was in the wrong > place at the wrong time, but I did observe Iridium 58 flare 1 minute > earlier at the expected location. > > This same pair is expected to bring me another double flare on the 2nd > of August. I plan on going to the centerline of the flare (if weather > holds) to take some photos. I think that this has been reported other > times as a no show, but I can't seem to find any other reports on it. > > Anybody else experienced a non flare from Iridium 28? > > Daniel Crawford > Mobile Base, MN > 45.0472°N, 93.3663°W > > > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Brad Young > <brad.young@domain-engineering.com> wrote: >> Walter Nissen said: >> >>>I'd like to know if Iridium P27 28 = Iridium 28 = 24948 = 97-51E has failed >> >>>Has anyone seen P27 flashing ? >> >> I have no record of 24948 = 97-51E flashing. PPAS records have only one >> entry, which is a flare: >> >> 97- 51 E 06-01-20 16:34:00 ANO -2.5->3.5 >> >> And a check of SatFlash (the PPAS online database) has only this result. So >> I would say it has not, to our knowledge. >> >> TULSA 1 >> COSPAR 8336: +36.128, -95.988, 650ft ASL >> ACT Observatory >> COSPAR 8335: +35.8311, -96.1411, 1100ft ASL >> Adams Ranch >> COSPAR 8337: +36.937, -96.65, 700ft ASL >> Kenton, OK >> COSPAR 8338: +36.8978, -102.9522, 4400ft ASL >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >> http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html >> >> > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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