ETS-7 fails to dock

MALEY, PAUL D. (paul.d.maley1@jsc.nasa.gov)
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 12:42:16 -0500

Jim Oberg reports today that he learned that the ETS-7 (Orihime and
Hikoboshi) satellites separated but failed to redock yesterday. We had a
pass this morning but for the first time in weeks it rained here and the
sky, which has almost always been clear in the morning was cloudy. We have
another pass tomorrow morning at 940UT. Since the lifetime of the smaller of
the two objects is only 3 days outside the primary satellite, observers
might want to keep an eye on 25064.

Paul


Paul D. Maley

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