NASA issued a press release about the plans to de-orbit CGRO on
Friday. Four manoeuvres to lower the orbit are planned: May 31 at 01.54,
June 1 at 02.41, June 4 at 05.37 and June 4 at 07.05 - all GMT. The
final manoeuvre is the one planned to bring the spacecraft back into the
atmosphere. The planned post-manoeuvre orbits were not given in the
releases.
It is expected that around six tonnes of metal will survive re-entry to
splash down in the Pacific Ocean: well, hopefully the Pacific Ocean.
The demise of CGRO will be sad for me because it was the only launch which
I have attended.
Phillip Clark
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Phillip S Clark 22 Winterbourne Close
Molniya Space Consultancy Hastings
Compiler/Publisher, Worldwide Satellite Launches E Sussex TN34 1XG
U.K.
Specialist in "space archeology" - the older and more obscure the more
interesting it is !
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