The new issue of "The Orbital Debris Quarterly News" (ODON, Vol.6 Issue 2, April 2001) reports that a large piece of 1993-032C (PAM - D) decayed on January 12, 2001 was recovered in Saudi Arabia, 240 km away from Riad. The decay in a desert region was observed and the 70 kg piece was clearly identified. There is also a impressive picture. http://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/news_index.html A look on the files: SPACECOM'S FINAL REPORT showed the decay on January 12. 16:40 UTC +/- 04 hours (14.5°N, 28.4°E) My analysis delivered January 12, 16:35 UTC +/- 22 minutes (05.06°N, 14.82°E) based on the last ELSET with an epoch more then 07 hours before decay. Now we can see that the decay was a few minutes later: January 12, 16:45 UTC +/- 01 minutes (24.56°N, 46.04°E) Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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