Not unless lunisolar perturbations bring the perigee down to, say, 90 km. Because of its eccentric orbit, it spends very little time near perigee. But of course it will continue to decrease the apogee, so more time is in the low area. ----- Original Message ----- > > Today its apogee is 11,873 km and its perigee is 121 km. > > Shouldn't this thing be burning up soon? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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