Re: Rocket debris - was Re: GFO/ORBCOMM Obs, 13 Feb 98
Robert Smathers (roberts@nmia.com)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 22:49:53 -0700 (MST)
Philip Chien put fingers on a keyboard to type in:
(new orbital debris list was omitted for conciseness)
> This is the Galaxy 7 launch from about five years ago. The parameters are
> clearly that of an object in GTO. The only GTO object was the Ariane 3rd
> stage since this was a single satellite launch (e.g. no SPELDA).
>
> It seems strange that there should be two additional new objects so long
> after launch - possibly the first tracked objects from an 'event'?
Galaxy 7 is fine and operating as I speak, so it didn't go kaboom or
do something else way out there in its 91 deg W home.
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