Re: Re-entry over Texas

From: Tony Beresford (aberesford@iprimus.com.au)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 08:10:31 EST

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At 23:03 2/12/01, you wrote:
>At 20:17 2/12/01 +1030, you wrote:
>>
>>Decay: 2001/12/02 04:16:00   27.0  254.0    0.0000
>>26990 2001-053D    CIS    SL-12 R/B                 2001/12/02 04:46:00
>>
>
>Is the time indicated really UTC ?
>Yes it is Tristan OIG always uses UT
>The decaying satellite has been observed glowing and in several pieces
>(over Belgium) at around 22h30m UTC December 1 !
Something in the same orbital plane, not the same object


>So the pieces were making several orbits before final decay which I find
>very strange.

NO , just more pieces from the same launch.
Tony Beresford



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