Molniya 3-14 r2 re-entry observed
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 23 Oct 1999 13:48:07 +0100
My Decay Watch page at
http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
was updated less than two hours ago with updated predictions for the
multitude of current decayers.
They include my analysis that #12134, the Molniya 3-14 r2, had decayed
at October 22 23:48+-20m (not Oct 23 as I said last time). This would
put it over the far-S Atlantic en route to S Africa. SpaceCom's final
notice for this puts decay at 23:57+-1h, further to the NE but still
approaching S Africa. I have just received a phoned report from S Africa
of observations made around midnight UTC from the Johannesbury/Pretoria
area of what is clearly the re-entry of this object. I hope to forward
further information later.
Alan
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