Looking closer to 10:00 UTC now. On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 2:17 AM, Henry Hallam <henry@pericynthion.org> wrote: > Reentry is expected between 1000-1100 UTC. http://imgur.com/IroLu8T > is a ground track for the start of that period over western Europe. > Happy watching, I'll continue to provide updated times if we have any. > > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 9:11 PM, Mal Ninnes <meso@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> Thanks for the heads up, Henry. With the current TLE's, I have some passes around sunset and shortly after (Sydney, Australia). Will keep my eye on SpaceTrack for prediction changes too. >> >> Mal >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From:"Henry Hallam" >> To:"satelliet lijst (SeeSat)" >> Cc: >> Sent:Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:26:19 -0700 >> Subject:Dove-1 (39144) reentry imminent >> >> Dear skywatchers, >> >> Object 39144 is Cosmogia's Dove-1 nanosatellite. (It is currently >> misidentified on Space-track as Alexander, but 39144 is definitely >> Dove-1). Space track is predicting reentry for 2013-04-27 14:36:00 >> but due to commanded attitude changes we believe it will decay before >> then. It should produce a nice fireball somewhere! >> >> Here is an alternate TLE to the space-track one - being so low, we're >> not sure which is more accurate at this point: >> 1 00001U 13116.83333333 .07659300 00000-0 11402-2 0 00005 >> 2 00001 051.6165 283.3296 0010633 313.3498 277.5486 16.33385748000056 >> This was produced from our radio observations. >> >> We're refining our reentry predictions and will post a time and ground >> track when we have a good idea. >> >> If you happen to observe the reentry, please let us know! >> >> Henry Hallam >> Dove-1 operations team >> Cosmogia, inc. >> San Francisco, CA, U.S.A. >> _______________________________________________ >> Seesat-l mailing list >> http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l >> _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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