Re: space junk footpad from current STS mission

From: Jonathan T Wojack (tlj18@juno.com)
Date: Thu Jun 07 2001 - 13:45:10 PDT

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    > The part that was lost is a Portable Attachment Device (PAD). It has 
    > a "Y" shape
    > and measures about a foot. It is bolted near the end of the canadarm 
    > (near the
    > End Effector) to permit installation of the Portable Foot Restraint 
    > used by the
    > astronauts to secure themselves to the arm when working somewhere 
    > outside the
    > station. The PAD was lost by Jim Voss at 06:40 UT on March 11 and 
    > has just been
    > catalogued by USSC :
    > 
    > STS 102 DEB (PAD)
    > 1 26723U 01010B   01074.55648196  .00110714  00000-0  10983-2 0    20
    > 2 26723  51.5708 200.7266 0006133 218.1790 249.1306 15.64919147   497
    
    Has anyone seen this object recently?  According to Alan Pickup (010603),
    this object was supposed to decay today (010607).  I wonder what its
    standard magnitude was.
    
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    Jonathan T. Wojack                 tlj18@juno.com
    39.706d N   75.683d W            
    
    4 hours behind UT (-4)
    
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