Re: decay altitude

From: Mir16609@aol.com
Date: Tue Oct 30 2001 - 10:21:40 EST

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    In a message dated Tue, 30 Oct 2001  9:48:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, "Bill Mitchell" <escape@velocity.net> writes:
    
    > Can someone please tell me at what altitude an orbiting satellite would
    > likely begin decaying?
    
    Check out Alan Pickup's Starshine Decay Page at
    heavens-above.com:
    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/starshine/
    
    There is a link to a plot showing altitude vs date.
    
    Alan also has program called SatEvo which will generate decay predictions:
    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
    
    Cheers, 
    Don Gardner 39.1799 N, 76.8406 W, 100m ASL 
    http://hometown.aol.com/mir16609/ 
    
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