Re: Mir reentry in daylight

From: Robert Christy (bob@zarya.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2001 - 16:00:57 PST

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    On March 20, independent of the actual ground track - Mir will cross 18 
    degrees south latitude at about 1850 local mean solar time. This will be thirty 
    minutes after sunset.
    
    It will be heading south-east and into daylight.
    
    At the moment, Russia seems to be suggesting that March 18 is the 
    favoured date but it is still undecided. Events on that day occur 
    approximately fifty minutes later than on March 20.
    
    On 12 Mar 2001, at 10:28, Peter Hunter wrote:
    
    
    If Mir reenters on Mar 20th, it will pass into the NOTAMd area at about 0521
    UTC (less likely) or about 0650 UTC (more likely, a good match for the
    defined area).
    
    This will be bad news for hopeful observers as it looks as if local daylight
    will have arrived.
    
    Comments/corrections?
    
    Peter Hunter
    Sydney Australia.
    
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