Re: Iridium 09 decayed

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 23:42:57 EST

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At 04:07 12/03/03, Bill_T_Bard@raytheon.com wrote:

>Is this the first Iridium to decay? How long ago was it commanded into its
>decaying orbit?

No it isnt Bill, Iridiums 27, 48 79, 85 have already decayed.
I believe Iridium 9 failed at launch and was never commandable.
It was left in the initial parking orbit, some hundreds of km
below the operational 790km height.
Tony Beresford

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