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According to the Iridium (satellite) article, there are not 88 Iridium satellites as originally stated in this article, but actually 66.
This line seems wrong: "creating a predictable and quickly moving illuminated spot of about 10 km diameter..." I assume they meant meters?71.141.225.118 (talk) 20:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
Where is the satellite?? I can't see anything at the spot where the arrow points. Crakkpot 20:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I find this picture confusing. The arrows point to nothing obvious. Direction of motion is not obvious (need to look at the time). Animation is too fast. Also, why would anyone expect a link between "Satellite flare" and "Tübingen" ? For me the picture and text should be removed or replaced with a gallery of still pictures.82.229.209.33 09:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Tübingen is a place name. Move on 124.188.210.44 06:47, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
are these most visible right after sundown when the ground level is dark but the upper atmosphere might still be lit? That is my own experience in OR, USA...
72.0.187.239 (talk) 04:21, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Please mention in the article to not expect to see them 20:00 to 04:00 etc. Jidanni (talk) 10:08, 14 March 2014 (UTC)
The section about Iridium satellites is interesting, but it would benefit greatly from some indication of how frequent an occurrence these flares are. If I stand at a random point on the Earth's surface, and the skies are permanently clear, how often can I expect to see one? Credulity (talk) 22:12, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
The picture caption says the object featured is both a comet and a satellite flare. Which is it? Can't be both. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.174.17.194 (talk) 18:08, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Please, somebody check my added text to errors because I have not very good with English. Sections: "Non-Iridium flares", "Flares from uncontrolled satellites", "Flares from controlled satellites" before "Iridium flares", on section "Iridium flares" first sentence and 2, 3 sentences from bottom, explanations for the notes, and the second part of sentence about observation. Thanks.--1valdis (talk) 10:38, 14 June 2014 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be coverage on SpaceStation Freedom's flares? -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 08:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be coverage about mistaken UFO sightings? -- 70.51.200.101 (talk) 08:15, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
I believe this article still needs big changes in structure and adding more info. I can add info, but article will be very overloaded and ugly decorated. For example, this article needs info about geostationary satellites flares during equinoxes, about some UFO sightings that is really satellites, and more. But there's no place for that as structure needs to be reworked...1valdis (talk) 12:04, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
Hi there. I believe this might be described there as another section. People should know about that during equinoxes geostatinary satellites can flare up to 1st magnitude for minutes against their usual 10+ magnitude. Maybe I'll write something about it soon.1valdis (talk) 22:28, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
In the "Iridium flare" section, it says "... illuminated spot on the surface below of about 10 km (6.2 mi) diameter." Is this figure correct? When there is a flare of magnitude -1 here, the center can be 40km away, according to Heavens-Above. So it seems to me to be more like 100 kilometers in diameter. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:25, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
Regarding:
That is misleading. The element is iridium (lowercase). At least "Iridium flares" (capitalised), but is that a real term?
--Mortense (talk) 16:41, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Besides the obvious overlap, the article on satellite flare is older than that on satellite watching -- 2004 vs. 2008. fgnievinski (talk) 00:33, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
the article claims that all of the satellites have been "deorbited", but does not define that term; i feel like there's a pretty reasonable read here that would lead someone to believe that none of the sattelites that were in the iridium constellation are in orbit any more, but that's super not true, even according to wikipedia itself. i feel like clarifying that they're simply no longer oriented such that they focus a reflection at earth's surface would be a benefit here, but im not sure how exactly to phrase it in a correct and also helpful way 2A00:23C7:BDC2:D201:C350:EFB9:82D1:203 (talk) 20:00, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
I'm not sure "indigenous people" is the correct term here. For example, I don't think Iridium flares were particularly troubling to the indigenous people of England or Germany. I also feel like the implication here is that "indigenous people" are so backwards and undeveloped that they can't understand these are manmade, which seems insulting. If that's the actual meaning here, then it's not "indigenous people" that are effected, but specifically people living in isolated, undeveloped communities, traditional tribal style living, etc. I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into it.Supertin (talk) 23:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)