FW: Space Junk Destroys $500 Million Earth Observation Satellite
Jeff Hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Mon, 30 Jun 97 09:19:13
Below is a message forwarded from FPSpace regarding the Japanese ADEOS sat.
Here are the most recent elements from OIG. Note the orbital parameter
changes on set 5.
Jeff Hunt [jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com]
Element set number = 1: 25 June 803 x 799 (km) 100.9 min period
1 24277U 96046A 97176.24263423 -.00000044 00000-0 00000+0 0 1892
2 24277 98.5982 253.6217 0002181 92.9801 267.1628 14.27648451 44510
Element set number = 2: 26 June 803 x 799 (km) 100.9 min period
1 24277U 96046A 97177.15374068 -.00000044 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 02107
2 24277 098.5980 254.5174 0002207 092.8854 267.2583 14.27648574044647
Element set number = 3: 28 June 803 x 799 (km) 100.9 min period
1 24277U 96046A 97179.25629338 -.00000044 00000-0 00000+0 0 1909
2 24277 98.5974 256.5846 0002180 88.2978 271.8453 14.27648911 44949
Element set number = 4: 27 June 803 x 799 (km) 100.0 period
1 24277U 96046A 97178.20501710 -.00000044 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 02346
2 24277 098.5977 255.5511 0002191 090.1465 269.9967 14.27648743044799
Element set number = 5: 30 June 814 x 792 (km) 100.9 period
1 24277U 96046A 97181.28876004 -.00000043 00000-0 00000+0 0 1919
2 24277 98.6097 258.6713 0015362 162.3148 197.7449 14.27063794 45235
--- On Mon, 30 Jun 1997 06:33:56 -0400 Simon Mansfield <simon@japan.co.jp>
wrote on FPSpace:
>Space Junk Destroys $500 Million Earth Observation Satellite
>
>A piece of space junk has struck Japan's Advanced Earth Observation
>Satellite (ADEOS) rendering it inoperable. Officials from the National
>Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) said a solar paddle had been
>struck by
>orbital debris destroying the satellite's primary power supply. The
>satellite is currently operating in low power mode using onboard batteries
>that cannot now be recharged.
>
>ADEOS was a $500 million earth observation program organized by Japan as
>the nation's contribution to the global effort to better understand the
>world's atmosphere, oceans and climatic system.
>
>Japan's has already begun work on a successor ADEOS-2, however, ADEOS-1 has
>only been in operation for less than 12 months and has returned invaluable
>data, with much work remaining. Development of ADEOS-2 is expected to be
>accelerated but the earliest launch possible is summer 1999.
>
>Unexpected demand for information had recently forced NASDA to install
>upgraded computing and networking systems to get data out to scientists
>throughout the world, and forced a major rethink in Japan's space science
>program. The Space Activities Commission recently recommended that Japan
>focus on Earth Observation, a direction supported by the Ministry of
>Finance, which see extra value through international cooperation from Earth
>Observation programs.
>
>Japan Space Net will provide further details as they become available.