1979-012A (#11268) Cosmos 1077
SpaceCom has released with about 6 hours delay their FINAL REPORT - prepared
June 26, 21:32 UTC with an unchanged time and position in comparison with
their 2 HOURS BEFORE DECAY message :
26 June, 15:37 UTC (73.9°N, 95.6°E)
But - big surprise - the decay windows is now +/- 01 minutes instead of
originally +/- 02 hours. The reentry trajectory crossed - far away from
US ground stations - Russia with its final point at a remote region in North
Siberia. A possible explanation is an observation of this impressive reentry
(4000 kg !) from orbit with a DSP - satellite. A mystery remains - at least
for me: The perfect indentity of times, positions and TRAJECTORIES BEFORE
DECAY of the two messages.
BTW: Alan and I predicted the decay significantly earlier as SpaceCom....
Harro
Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
Berlin, Germany
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