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Re: Visual Satellite Navigation
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2016 Jul 10, 10:23 -0700
From: Peter Monta
Date: 2016 Jul 10, 10:23 -0700
Iridium NEXT will be adding 72 new birds if the launches over the next year or so go well, thus doubling the current constellation. Apparently the flare prospects are not as good as with the current generation, though. I don't know if the new set will be co-located with or offset from the old (in RAAN or phase or both).
Cheers,
Peter
