Re: Dove-1 (39144) reentry imminent

From: Henry Hallam (henry@pericynthion.org)
Date: Sat Apr 27 2013 - 09:31:34 UTC

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    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.
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