USA was unstable , rolling and tumbling !

From: John Locker (john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2008 - 07:23:29 UTC

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    Must admit , I missed this paragraph when initially reading
    
    http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?channel=aerospacedaily&id=news/ASAT032408.xml
    
    
    
    
    ."[The dead satellite] was not stable," Hicks says. "It was rolling and 
    tumbling and [its gyration] wasn't always the same from one orbit to 
    another, which added to the technical challenge. We tried for six weeks to 
    see what was predictable about what it was doing each orbit, and we just 
    couldn't do it.".
    
    I don't recall any visual obs which indicated it was rolling and tumbling to 
    this extent ...... I think we got a couple of reports of flares , but that 
    was about it.
    
    
    "We tried for six weeks to see what was predictable about what it was doing 
    each orbit, and we just couldn't do it.".
    
    Hmmmm
    
    
    John
    
    
    
    
    
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