I don't think it's going to be a controlled re-entry! If the rocket didn't fire when it was programmed to, I wonder if it's still working. What a light show it should put on! Hope someone sees it. To bad for the appearent loss. I can't remember hearing of any geo sat being stuck in a parking orbit before. So is this a bad first? Here is the orbital data from the oig ASTRA 1K/BLOCK DM 1 27557U 02053A 02330.25972753 .00936447 12194-4 14499-3 0 23 2 27557 51.5636 58.4671 0011454 163.7640 196.3800 16.33033589 50 SL-12 R/B (1) 1 27558U 02053B 02330.25938842 .02149242 12276-4 24821-3 0 27 2 27558 51.5715 58.4501 0008595 268.7799 91.2663 16.35877631 50 Kevin _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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