Re: Decay of Mars Pathfinder rocket
J. Donald Gardner (fn470@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Thu, 27 Nov 1997 00:31:07 -0500 (EST)
Reply to message from alan@wingar.demon.co.uk of Wed, 26 Nov
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>Mars Pathfinder may have found the weather a little too chilly on the
>surface of Mars, but the Delta 2 rocket that sent it on its way is about
>to get rather warm. My current predictions show decay at about November
>28.5 (+/- 0.3d) though its inclination of 36 degrees eliminates any
>chance of observing it for many of us.
There appears to be a pass visible in the NE USA about that time.
Using your final 2 elsets there will be a pass at about 6:09 AM EDT
(11:09 UTC) on November 28th between 25-30 degrees above the horizon
in the south. I'm in Maryland so most of the NE USA may have an
opportunity to see the decay if it occurs at that time.
Cheers.
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Don Gardner
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