It appears that this alert was appropriate. Although once again restricted by Space-track policy I can refer to http://www.obsat.de which shows decay on 25 February at 0259 UTC in daylight near Tasmania (just over two hours from the last pass here.) There were faint lines in the sky in the right direction and elevation at the time of the last pass here, but I am unable to say whether they were contrails or just coincidental cloud. So far I have not seen any news reports etc which indicate any sighting which may have been difficult or impossible at that time of day. Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Holdsworth" <robbonz1@xtra.co.nz> To: "Seesat List" <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 8:33 AM Subject: Decay alert FPP > > > 28896 2000-078B The Floating Potential Probe released from the ISS on 8 > November 2005 is due to decay within the next day or so. > > With an inclination of 51.6 degrees and a number of daylight passes > including some very close to predicted decay (I cannot specify the time > in here owing to SpaceTrack restrictions, but the information that it is > decaying is publicly available) it would be advisable to keep a lookout > in this region. Its dimensions are 1m by 1m by 1m. > > Robert > Wainuiomata > New Zealand > 174.948E > 41.261S > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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