Report time 11:00 UTC 2000-071B (#26606) Delta 2 R/B SPACECOM'S FINAL REPORT - prepared Feb 08, 20:56 UTC - shows the decay on 08 January, 19:12 +/- 07 minutes (37.0°S, 149.0°E) on an ascending pass over South Australia (Victoria). There is a visual observation on 19:13 UTC (Robe 37.17°S, 139.75°E) in excellent agreement with an reentry pass at an altitude well below 79 km. But: It is nearly impossible to reproduce with MPM + REENTRY this relative late decay, roughly 30 minutes after perigee. All my calculations - also a with a different technique - shows the decay around 18:46 UTC +/- 12 minutes. SPACECOM released also some inconsistent TLEs and finally there is in SPACECOMs position (LAT, LON) an imcompatibility of latitude with longitude (equivalent about 70 time seconds difference). Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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