Personally, I'm just waiting until Russia notifies the worldwide aviation organisations of Mir's demise. Prior to shuttle launches, a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) is circulated worldwide of the form "shuttle tank debris re-entering within an area of 100nm each side of a line defined by (lat/long-lat/long-lat/long etc)". The NOTAM also advises a period of applicability in UTC. That I have seen, this seems to fall in one of two areas: either SSW of Hawaii, or in a more easterly central area of the Pacific. There is a surprising amount of commercial air traffic crossing the Pacific, and in the early morning local time S of Fiji I'd expect flights between LA-Sydney, LA-Auckland, and LA-Melbourne, that I'm aware of, by several airlines (Qantas, United, and Air New Zealand). These aircraft most of the time do not follow fixed published airways tracks but fly tracks optimized for the winds on the day. At the flight planning stage account will be taken of the NOTAM and avoidance factored in, but it's still possible we'll have aviation witnesses to the event. If I see such a NOTAM issued I will forward to SeeSat asap.... Peter Hunter Sydney, Australia ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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