Iridium 921 tum

From: Mike Bevan (mike.bevan1@ntlworld.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 04:57:39 EST

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Hi all

At 06:38 UT (give or take a minute either way) this morning as I let my dogs out
into the backyard I happened to glance towards Polaris and saw a mag -1.0
Iridium type flare from an unknown. (55° Elev.  5° Azm.)
Using FindSat the nearest sats to this position were Cosmos 2322 and Iridium 921
tum. As the flare was travelling towards the north and Cosmos 2322 would have
been travelling towards the SE, the obvious choice would be Iridium 921 tum. The
only other time I have seen 921 was on the 13/06/01 at 23:38 UT when I had a
nice -2.0 flare at (35° Elev. 95° Azm).
Does anybody have any information on this Sat i.e.:tumbling rate etc: to support
my conclusions.?

Clear Skies

Mike Bevan
Poole, UK
Lat. 50.7556N, Lon. 1.9803W, H 20m



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