Iridium satellite

The Iridium Flare Era is About to End

Fast-forward to 2019, and the age of the predictable Iridium flare may be coming to an end. Already, scrolling through…

5 years ago

SpaceX to Launch 64 Satellites, Including Orbital Reflector

A unique smallsat mission promises to be the latest satellite “brighter than a Full Moon!” in the sky... or not.…

5 years ago

Poor Weather Pushes SpaceX Return Debut with Revolutionary Iridium Relay Sats to Jan. 14

In the face of unrelenting days of very poor weather and a range conflict with another very critical rocket launch,…

7 years ago

Iridium NEXT Set to Begin Deployment This Year

The skies, they are uh changin’…  I remember reading in Astronomy magazine waaaay back in the late 1990s (in those…

9 years ago

How to Spot and Track Satellites

It’s a question we get all the time. Watch the sky closely in the dawn or dusk hours, and you’ll…

11 years ago