Re: Decay watch: 2002 September 16

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 02:45:12 EDT

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    Rob & List,
    
    >Regarding the imminent Iridium 90 Delta 2 R/B decay, perhaps I'm
    >doing something wrong but I get a decay around 22:00 on the 16th
    >rather than the 17th:
    >
    >Decay predictions:
    >Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
    >                UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    >SpaceCom   Sep 16 16:58     Sep 16 22:27 +-3h        84.3 N   63.1 E
    >SatEvo     Sep 15 20:00     Sep 17 01:06 +-10h       38.7 N   69.6 W
    >SatEvo     Sep 16 20:30     Sep 17 22:09 +-70m       33.4 N   25.9 W
    >
    >I assume this is just a typo?  In other words, this rocket body is
    >just an hour away from decaying rather than 25 hours... --Rob
    
    Oops - a typo indeed. That latest prediction was for the 16th.
    
    Apologies,
    
    Alan
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