Re: Possible satellite collision Oct 16 00:56UTC

From: Marshall Eubanks via Seesat-l <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:33:04 -0400
On 2020-10-14 10:16, Björn Gimle wrote:
> Thanks for the heads-up ! If we have any members in Tierra Del Fuego
> they can see the two objects meet.

That would of course be very interesting - but any debris jets would 
also be visible later on and would need to be characterized as best as 
possible.

Regards
Marshall

> 
> 13 degrees above horizon from southern tip of Argentina, sunlit and on
> a dark sky !
> Prediction map from HeavenSat : https://tinyurl.com/head-on-cz-3
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Björn Gimle, COSPAR 5919
> 59.2617 N, 18.6169 E, 51 m
> Satellite observation formats described:
> http://www.satobs.org/position/IODformat.html
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Den ons 14 okt. 2020 kl 05:09 skrev Marshall Eubanks via Seesat-l
> <seesat-l_at_satobs.org>:
> 
>> This seems relevant.
>> 
>> LeoLabs, Inc.
>> 
>> We are monitoring a very high risk conjunction between two large
>> defunct
>> objects in LEO. Multiple data points show miss distance <25m and Pc
>> between 1% and 20%. Combined mass of both objects is ~2,800kg.
>> 
>> Object 1: 19826
>> Object 2: 36123
>> TCA: Oct 16 00:56UTC
>> Event altitude: 991km
>> 
>> An image of the satellite tracks is available here:
>> https://twitter.com/LeoLabs_Space/status/1316147305125490694
>> 
>> Regards
>> Marshall Eubanks
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