The latest preliminary atmospheric entry location that we have is approximately at 12S, 178E, just northwest of Fiji, and communications will be lost seconds or minutes after it reaches that point. Of course, due to the uncertainty of the amount of fuel in the tanks, that location could be off by hundreds of miles. Bob Citron www.mirreentry.com On Mon, 26 February 2001, Rush Austin wrote: > > My apologies if the is too far off topic. > > I'm wondering how long MIR will be able to transmit data about itself during > its final orbits/decay? I'm guessing there will be several limiting > factors: > *Keeping the station in proper alignment for transmission. > *Integrity of antennaes. > (I'm sure there are others.) > > I liken this to listening to MIR moan it its death throes.. > > Rush > 35.855N -82.198W > Celo, NC > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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