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Originally Posted by mithrandir
Some of the Iridium satellites have a failover satellite in an almost identical orbit. It isn't that uncommon to get flares from both of them within a minute.
If you have CdC (Cartes du Ciel) with a current set of TLEs it can predict Iridium flares for your location. eg:
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They are not a nightly occurrence, maybe one out of 50 observations for the average Joe.
Cheers
