Hi Kevin Not sure if Matt Desch , CEO of Iridium is a list member , but I'm sure he will be delighted to know that the Next Gen spacecraft are creating flares , especially if the flares can be predicted ! Best wishes John On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 5:01 AM, Astro Course via Seesat-l < seesat-l_at_satobs.org> wrote: > Kevin, > Thank you for posting to YouTube your cool video of Iridium 156 flaring. > As I am sure you know, the Iridium NEXT satellites are configured quite > differently from the original Iridium satellites. > My understanding is that instead of three flat Main Mission Antennas > (MMAs) tilted downward 60 degrees from the bird's longitudinal axis (which > itself is controlled to point along the local vertical), there is a single, > smaller MMA antenna/surface on each Iridium NEXT satellite that is > maintained so as to be perpendicular to the local vertical. > Thus I speculate that this bright flare originated from the solar panels. > This leads to my two questions: > 1. Did you know in advance that Iridium 156 would flare on this orbital > revolution, as seen from your observing location? > 2. If so, could you provide the source of your predictions? > Thanks again. > Roger L. Mansfield > > P.S. Anyone else on the SeeSat list: please comment if you yourself can > make Iridium NEXT flare predictions, or know of a source of Iridium NEXT > flare predictions. > From: Kevin Fetter via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> > To: Seesat List <seesat-l_at_satobs.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2018 9:52 PM > Subject: Iridum next flare > > Tonight, I got my confirmation, that a iridium next can flare up. > Iridium 156 causing a nice light show. > Kevin > > 43251 > > > | > | > | > | | | > > | > > | > | > | | > 43251 > > Iridium 156 giving a flare. > | > > | > > | > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l > _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-lReceived on Thu Jul 05 2018 - 02:34:55 UTC
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