Iridium #33

After reading about the collision of Iridium Satellite #33 and the Russian Cosmos rocket 2251 in space yesterday I went through my old log books to see if I had ever observed Iridium #33.

I seemed to remember #33 for some reason, but was not sure why the thought was just stuck in my head that I had.   After going back a “few” years, I found the posted entry above in my astronomy journal.

Iridium #33 was my first daytime observation of a flaring satellite pass.  The observation was made from my home (at the time)  in San Antonio, Texas.