Iridium is the network we use with?Garmin inReach. And BTW, the US military, too. You can be sue it is operational, and will be a long time ;)

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Gesendet:?Dienstag, 14. M?rz 2023 um 03:42 Uhr
Von:?"Derek Koonce" <derek@...>
An:?[email protected]
Betreff:?Re: [JMT-groups.io] off-line information - satellite stuff

I believe the Iridium is no longer functioning, as well as the Iridium
flares. Heavens-above had them and it was neat to look in the sky and
have others wonder what you were looking for. Then tell them that there
is going to be flash in the sky - and count it down to the second!
Amazes people that are not in the know.

Two Dogs

On 3/13/2023 18:42, Mike Sherman wrote:
> Another app that I use on a regular basis in conjunction with my inReach is Orbit. If you select "Iridium" from the top left menu, it will show you whether an Iridium satellite, which the inReach needs to communicate, is currently within view from your location. (Credit to Backpacking Light's Ryan Jordan for this idea.)
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>> On 03/13/2023 7:37 PM Karina Bezkrovnaia via groups.io <kbezkrovnaia@...> wrote:
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>> Derek, “ and us not religious “ ?
>> That sounds interesting !
>> Thank you ?
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>>> On Mar 13, 2023, at 17:30, Derek Koonce <derek@...> wrote:
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>>> There is a neat app I like to play with while out and about. It is called heavensabove. It is not religious. It grabs satellite data so that one can look up and see what objects are flying overhead in space. The web site is heavens-above.com. Been using this for over 15 years. Neat to get ISS passings, Tiangong passing and other stuff. They use to have Iridium satellite flare information, but that constellation is not up anymore.
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>>> This works world wide and the timing updates based on ones position; though hiking does not change position by that much.
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