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A comment on New Zealand's bid to become a dark sky nation. Parent comment

Re:New Zealand's bid to become a dark sky nation by GekkePrutser on Friday February 04, 2022 @06:22PM (#30214935)
Iridium flares are a big thing though. You won't see them all night but around dusk and dawn, when the sats are lit by sunlight but the ground is dark, they can definitely be seen very easily.
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Re:New Zealand's bid to become a dark sky nation by mlindner on Friday February 04, 2022 @08:59PM (#30216285)
Iridium flares don't happen anymore. All the Iridium satellites that flared were de-orbited a couple years ago. They were replaced with a new constellation (Iridium NEXT) that has a different antenna design which happens to not flare.
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