(meteorobs) Expect some debris over the next few years...

[Marco Langbroek]

Chris Peterson schreef:
> Ouch. I wonder how big the biggest pieces are? Anything big will be tracked, 
> and we might get advance notice of reentries.
> 
> http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0902/11iridium/
> 
> Chris

As this happened at 788 km (490 mile) altitude, the debris will remain in orbit 
for a very long time. No decays to be expected from this collision therefore.

The collision was between Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 and happened at 16:56 UTC 
(11 Feb), near 98.156 E, 72.462 N, 788.58 km altitude.

- Marco

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Dr Marco Langbroek  -  SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands.
e-mail: sattrackcam at wanadoo.nl

Cospar 4353 (Leiden):   52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL
Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL
SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html
Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com
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