Re: (meteorobs) OT---Thoughts on Iridiums

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Subject: Re: (meteorobs) OT---Thoughts on Iridiums
From: "Franklin E. Miller" <millerfe@tde.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:10:29 -0600
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Yes, get a grip.  After about ten years the mirrors or whatever
will turn green and/or then black from the radiation and micro
meteoroids..

----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne T Hally <meteors@eclipsedot net>
To: 'Meteorobs Mail List' <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 8:24 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) OT---Thoughts on Iridiums


> Just a thought for all of us here. What if, as seems rather likely, the
> Iridium Consortium goes bankrupt and no longer has the money to control
> their satellites. While there may be some benefit for radio atronomy, can
> you imagine the horror for visual satronomy with over 200 uncontolled
> mirrors capable of reflecting -8 magnitude flashes anywhere in the sky for
> several millenia (I don't know for sure what the deorbit time for
> satellites in that high an orbit is, but I'm sure it's QUITE long). Once
> they are not predictable, and no longer do any orbit keeping, they could
> ruin astronomy forever (ay least as far as my lifetime is concerned.
> Now that they are up there, at some time in the future, this scenario will
> likely come to pass.
>
> I am afraid....very afraid
>
> Wayne
>
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(meteorobs) OT---Thoughts on Iridiums

From: Wayne T Hally <meteors@eclipsedot net>