Re: collision risk with a debris

From: Thierry Marais (tmarais@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2006 - 14:01:36 EDT

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    Thanks for all answers.
    
    > Looks like the incident passed without issue.  I just ran an analysis on
    > the last Space-Track elsets prior to the conjunction, which showed a miss
    > distance of about 3.9 Km.  Pc was still about 5e-5 which is relatively 
    > high
    > for manned flights.  My guess is that SP data & NASA's ISS ephemeris 
    > showed
    > a  larger safety margin then what we see with GP data, or they likely 
    > would
    > have done something.
    
    Sure, these things are carefully monitored. One or more close pass really
    occured, and well managed by both space agencies.
    A few press agencies were uselessly alarming and confusing.
    
    Cheers,
    T. Marais
    
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