Re: My folks think I'm crazy...
Patrice Gambaro (gambaro@citenet.net)
Mon, 11 Oct 1999 21:41:17 -0400
Guess I should have done my homework... From now on, I'll check that IRIDSTAT.TXT
before and if everything checks out allright I'll invite my neibourghs too :-))
But I wonder, since most flares are mag -8 or less at center, what makes a -9 ?
Is it because it is "not at operationnal altitude" like Iridium 2 being 130 km
lower ? And if it is not operationnal, would not that make flares unpredictable
at all ?
Pat
Mir16609@aol.com wrote:
> In order for Iridiums to flare, their orientation needs to be controlled to
> within 0.5 degree. The "?" was meant to flag those that are probably not
> being
> controlled to that degree. Iridium 61, although not flagged with the "?" has
>
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