Brian Zhang Larsen’s Blog

I was reading about the satellite collision between a Russian and an American satellite over Sibiria, and stumbled upon the Heavens-Above website. You can enter your geographical data, and among other things see when you next time can watch a so called Iridium flare, which is a reflection of sunlight from a Iridium satellite. The American satellite, which yesterday collided with a Russian satellites, is one of these Iridium satellites, and their antenna shapes makes them reflect sunlight so it can be seen on earth.

I’m pretty sure I have seen it once, but can’t be entirely sure it was a satellite. But now at least I have an opportunity to actively pursue it. I guess it could be pretty cool. But why do all science websites have to be butt ugly?