A Yahoo/Reuters article of possible interest regarding the formerly planned deorbiting of the Iridium system, titled, "NASA: Satellite Odds of Hitting Someone 250-1": http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20001210/sc/tech_satellites_dc_2.html The number 250-to-1 is the sum or combined final odds they had calculated for the deorbiting of all 74 operational satellites. They list four components that they believed would survive re-entry, "10-kg titanium fuel tanks, 30-kg batteries, 6.3-kg structural brackets and 116-kg electronic control panels". By the way, before all of the hubbub, there had been plans for another Iridium launch, and I'm wondering now if there may yet be one.... Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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