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This is great! Just wanted to ask did you miss out Iridium flares due to API quota but then found out on HA that the next one is in 10 days for my location (nor
by sm4rk0 7y ago
This is great! Just wanted to ask did you miss out Iridium flares due to API quota but then found out on HA that the next one is in 10 days for my location (northern Serbia). They were much more frequent last time I checked (10 years ago)
- modeless 7y agoYeah, I think the satellites that made flares are getting deorbited now. I don't support showing Iridium flares. It's more complex to calculate them because they are specular reflections instead of diffuse and so they require knowing the orientation of the satellite very accurately.
- JshWright 7y agoThe new generation of Iridium satellites don't flare. All of the next-gen satellites were launched over the past couple years, and the older generation is being phased out (and deorbited) as the new ones come online.