Report time 11:00 UTC
1983-030B (#13895) Delta RB 1
Very late yesterday (UTC) appeared a FINAL REPORT from SPACECOM -
prepared Oct 18, 10:42 UTC - and showed very surprisingly this decay:
18 October, 10:04 UTC +/-07 minutes (07.8°S, 140.8°E)
on a descending pass over the Torres Street. Tony Beresford informs me
about observations from the northern tip of Australia
(Thursday Island). It seems they agree very well with this
prediction.
The last released ELSET has the epoch 02:34 UTC. SPACECOM and my
own forecast (2 HOURS BEFORE DECAY) delivered in exellent agreement
10:32 and 10:33 UTC for the decay. The earlier real time reentry was not
predictable. I suppose SPACECOM have "seen" the reentry from
the ground or from orbit with a DSP satellite. An indication for
this assumption is the fact that SPACECOM has not given the usual
"TRAJECTORY PRIOR DECAY" in its FINAL REPORT.
Harro
Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
Berlin, Germany
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