Re: Iridium 48?? or Iridm 48 deb??

JAY RESPLER (jrespler@superlink.net)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:34:00 -0400

finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
> Making up this evening's (12 Apr L - 13 Apr UTC) pass precdictions using
> SkyMap, i noticed an unusal item, Iridm 48 deb?? #25107 was to make a
> visible pass. However clouds in the area prevented any sighting but checking
> other sources, Iridm 48 deb?? was still 45 minutes away at the time of it's
> pass even though i used the same elset to check it and get a pass prediction.
> Iridm 48 deb??   1.0  0.0  0.0  7.0 d
> 1 25107U 97082D   99098.61960388  .01587006  00000-0  23482+0 0  2805
> 2 25107  86.3996 151.8407 0005924 271.1308  88.9887 14.75246330 68115
> Checking further there is a Iridium 48 ?? #95107. What happened to Iridium
> 48 and where is it?

What prediction program are you using?  Quicksat would show that that TLE was
too old to give an accurate prediction. Time difference would be several
minutes.  This is the payload, not debris.

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