Hello, I received an obs-report which looked like a flare of an Iridium. Lasting 10 sec, brightness estimated -1 to -3 mag, direction West, Height ~ 18 degrees. Time: 2000/4/26 at 19:43 UT. Location: 6d45m East, 49d20m North. I checked with Iridflar - nothing. More accidently I discovered that Iridium 72 was exactly at that position fitting this observation very well. I checked again with Iridflar using lowest constraints - nothing. Is this behaviour the result of stopping attidude control and beginning of uncontrolled reentry? Regards Johannes Iridium 72 4.0 1.8 0.0 6.0 d 8.6 779 x 776 km 1 25343U 98032B 00118.07486597 -.00000207 00000-0 -80853-4 0 2560 2 25343 86.3987 319.8122 0002139 79.2384 280.9052 14.34216487101833 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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