Report time 12:00 UTC 1998-051D (#25470) Iridium 79 SPACECOM has just released its 1 DAY BEFORE DECAY message - prepared Nov 28, 10:44 UTC and shows the decay on 29 November, 09:06 UTC +/- 14 hours (85.3°S, 327.2°E) on a descending pass over Antarctica. MPM + REENTRY delivers with the last three ELSETs 00333.226...- 00333.349... the decay on 29 November, 10:45 UTC +/ 90 minutes (24.2°S, 57.4°E) on a northbound pass over the Indian Ocean. The prediction is not easy: We have a relatively high and fluctuating geo- magnetic activity and a complex behavior of the decayer itself. Thanks to Mike Bevan, Russell Eberst and Rob Matson for their observation reports and comments. BTW: My analysis shows a significant higher drag area as one can expect with pure random tumbling. 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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