Re: Update on Kosmos 482 Descent Craft reentry forecast

From: Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_lists.seesatmail.org>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 15:25:17 +0200
Op 10-5-2025 om 09:39 schreef Marco Langbroek via Seesat-l:

> Our last TUDAT reentry model forecast was:
>
> 10 May 6:39 +- 1.5 hr



Roscosmos has issued a message on telegram claiming reentry near 6:24 UTC over
the Indian Ocean. That is reasonably in line with our model (15-minute difference).

(my e-mail system unfortunately does not let me include the telegram link as
that is flagged as canned meat of a certain brand).

Question is whether any statement coming from Russia these days can be regarded
as reliable. Plus, this will probably also be some model result based on an
earlier detection.

Meanwhile, the last CSpOC TIP on Space-Track (5:32 +- 12m UTC) cannot be correct
as ESA reports a positive radar detection from Germany at 6:04 UTC (and a
"no-show" at 7:32 UTC, so reentry must have been between 6:04 - 7:32 UTC and
cannot have been before 6:04 UTC).

Still hoping for that post-reentry TIP with a 1-min plusminus to appear (the
ones Jonathan and I strongly suspect are not modelling results but based on
space-based platform detections of the reentry fireball). Not appeared so far.
No orbit updates after the one my last forecast was based on either.

- Marco


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Dr Marco Langbroek
Lecturer in optical Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
section Astrodynamics and Space Missions
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