Re: new Phobos-Grunt TIP on Space-Track not quite helpful.....

From: Brian Weeden (brian.weeden@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 15 2012 - 21:27:59 UTC

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    Something extremely weird is going on with JSpOC's handling of this event.
     I have never, ever seen a TIP Alert message that says "Object Decayed
    Inside Predicted Window" and I was responsible for developing those
    procedures in the not-too-distant past.  Furthermore, none of the TIP alert
    messages for Phobos-Grunt are available on Space Track.
    
    Either they radically changed their entire procedures just for Phobos-Grunt
    or someone screwed up.
    
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    Brian
    
    
    
    
    On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl
    > wrote:
    
    > Op 15-1-2012 21:58, Bob Christy schreef:
    > > Two possibilities...... particular sensitivity towards Russia, or a
    > > reaction to news websites quoting the mid-point of an estimated window
    > > as hard fact.
    >
    > 3rd possibility: they don't know it (yet) very well.
    >
    > Because basically, they just simply repeat their previous TIP here, with
    > some
    > smoke and mirrors.
    >
    > - Marco
    >
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