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Originally Posted by DuncanE  This is what I thought - no one has reported a satellite missing and I'm sure iridium (or who ever they are called now) still has all of their satellites.
The thought takes me back a few years when I had to do a presentation on my telecoms degree about iridium vs globalstar.
it could have been junk burning up I suppose I'm sure metal can burn at the intensity of green I saw. |
Iridium flares can be seen regularly - doesn't mean the death of the satellite - they just have such big reflective panels that they can be seen in daylight when the angles are just right. There are websites that tell you when and where to look to catch them
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