But according to the OIG (where many mistakes might be found), I9 was in operational orbit between 1997-07-11.38 and 2000-10-12.20. I9 orbit was then lowered in Oct. 2000. See orbit evolution at my site http://www.lib.cas.cz/www/space.40/1997/I030C.HTM The info about orbital parameters (not elements) evolution is generated automatically in SPACE-40 from OIG TLEs, therefore my error is'nt probable (but missassignment by OIG cannot be excluded). BTW, Harro erroneusly designated I9 as 1997-020C. Mgr. Antonin Vitek, CSc. Office: Main Library, Academy of Sciencess of the Czech Republic Narodni 3, CZ-115 22 Praha 1, Czech rep. Phone +420/221 403 255 Home: Kytin 127, CZ-252 10 Mnisek p. B. Phone: +420/318 592 865, cell 603 148 201 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harro Zimmer" <Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: Iridium 09 decayed ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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