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(meteorobs) 60-Day Decay Forecast Report
Somebody asked, (I'm sorry, I forgot who it was),
"Wouldn't it be great if we could know ahead of time
when spacecraft debris is re-entering?" (See below)
Of course, exactly where it will "re-enter" is not
known until just hours beforehand. But, there ARE
people who know...
It was just last week that I was talking to Rob Matson
(who has access to this kind of "late-developing"
information) and I said, wouldn't it be great if we
could announce these "re-entries" early enough that
observers could get outside and take practice
reporting on these quasi-fireball event. Comparing
observer data with the actual track could confirm the
reliability of future actual-fireball observations.
<http://meteorite-recovery.tripod.com/matson/re-entry.htm>
But, he said that these "re-entries" occur much less
often than actual fireballs.
And I remember agreeing with him....... but I may have
been premature...
;-)
Bob V.
------------ 60-Day Decay Forecast Report ----------
To: OIG USERS
From: Goddard Space Flight Center
Networks and Mission Services, Code 450
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771
Subject: Sixty Day Decay Forecast
Date: September 06, 2001
Effective September 05, 2001 the objects listed below
are forecasted to decay within the next 60 days on the
date indicated:
International Catalog Forecasted
Designation Name Number Decay Date
1980-030J COSMOS 1174 DEB 11777 September 5
2001-037G SL-12 DEB 26902 September 6
1978-026GR DELTA 1 DEB 15778 September 6
1975-076B SL-3 R/B 08128 September 6
1994-029DR PEGASUS DEB 24068 September 8
1978-004A COSMOS 975 10561 September12
1983-077C TELSTAR 3A R/B(PAM-D) 14236 September12
1964-006AD ELEKTRON 1 DEB 20224 September19
1986-019LV ARIANE 1 DEB 17703 September19
1994-029HX PEGASUS DEB 24172 September20
1999-011C WIRE DEB 25648 September25
1966-005N TRANSIT 11 DEB 24704 September27
1990-103B DELTA 2 R/B 20960 September28
1982-055BN COSMOS 1375 DEB 21658 October 04
1971-059B SL-3 R/B 05328 October 05
2001-033B TITAN 4 R/B 26881 October 05
1994-029FD PEGASUS DEB 24106 October 09
1990-081BX CZ-4 DEB 20914 October 10
1970-025QH THORAD AGENA D DEB 21837 October 13
1981-053MQ COSMOS 1275 DEB 20089 October 13
1983-030B DELTA R/B(1) 13985 October 16
1999-057AZ CZ-4 DEB 26163 October 19
1999-057FU CZ-4 DEB 26282 October 23
1994-029GV PEGASUS DEB 24146 October 23
2001-020B DELTA 2 R/B(1) 26771 October 24
1994-029ADU PEGASUS DEB 25428 October 26
1990-105Z DMSP 5D-2 F10 DEB 21080 October 29
1974-089FG THORAD DELTA 1 DEB 22560 November 02
The following are NASA spacecraft decaying within the
time frame of this report: None.
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