Re: Passive Balloon satellites

From: Russell Eberst (eberst@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Wed May 11 2005 - 03:05:26 EDT

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      You wrote:
    
    >Pageos (#2253 ?) was one of my favorites many years ago.  I believe
    >that it broke apart a long time ago.
    
    Yes, on 1975 January 20, if I recall correctly. There were subsequent
    fragmentations in the months that followed.
    The object still in orbit probably contains the radio transmitter, which
    has the highest mass/area ratio.
    
    regards
    Russell
    
    
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