Daniel Crawford asked: > Has there been any observations of Iridium 95 flaring lately? I ask > this because Heavens-Above shows a flare at my location but Iridflar > does not. (31 Oct) > > Would somebody explain the difference please? Iridflar gives me predictions for your location which exactly match those for H-A, showing Ir 30 and Ir 95 flares peaking within a few seconds. By the way, I see that around that date you also have some opportunities for double flares a couple of minutes apart from the solar panels and from the antenna of a single satellite. > Is this because Iridium 95 was a spare at one time and (I'm not sure) > it was 'coded out' of Iridflar??? Iriidum 95 (27375) is still spare; there is no reason why it should have been coded out of Irdiflar. Are you sure that Ir 95 is in your tle file? > I ask this due to an upcoming double flare opportunity on Halloween. Looks an excellent double-flare opportunity! I hope you get clear skies to see it! ... Rod ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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