Re: Decay watch: Final orbit of the Foton 12 rocket

Ron Lee (ronlee@pcisys.net)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 21:18:32 -0600

At 03:31 AM 9/25/99 +0100, you wrote:

>Perigee on the final predicted orbit...
>
>Foton12 Soyuz r  7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 d   10       125 x 116 km
>1 25903U 99048B   99268.10493902 1.07208294  11947+2  42095-3 0 90484
>2 25903  62.7665 147.5418 0007134 109.4775 250.5996 16.57253751  2472

Observed from Falcon, CO USA from about 0259-030730 UT on 25 Sep 99
and saw nada.  Naked eye observation.

Thanks for the timely update Alan.  This one was close.

Ron Lee