Op 23-4-2011 16:21, Kevin Fetter schreef: > http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1104/22alos/ Japan is in trouble with it's satellites lately. IGS 1B malfunctioned and is coming down since 2007, and potentially a sort of a re-entry hazard for 2012 depending on how much fuel is still in it. IGS R2 malfunctioned late 2010. And now this satellite (which is in an 697 x 694 km orbit, higher than the IGS-es, so unlike IGS 1B which is now at 455 km altitude, not a direct decay threath in the near future). - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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