While at Starbucks in midtown, I have created the optical sight port. This is used as kind of a sextant in space, to provide the satellite's computer with a star reference for it's orientation and location in orbit and in the constellation. I don't know if the real satellite has more then one sight port, there is a real Iridium satellite in the Smithsonian museum in DC.. Before I start the final rendering for this animation, I intend to visit and have a close look at the real thing to see how far my artistic license has differed from the genuine article.
Also added: telescopic stabilizers for the main mission antennas
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