IRIDIUM SATELLITE IN PICTURES
Here is a series of pictures taken by Daniel Deak in July 2001 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. showing details of an exact replica of an Iridium satellite entirely built from spare parts.
Most of the structure seems to be made of honeycomb material covered with a layer of reflecting metal. So almost all flat surfaces of the satellite can produce flares. But, for now, only operational satellites can have flares predicted that come from the Main Mission Antennas (MMA) or the solar panels.
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