[amsat-bb] Re: TACSAT 3 Question

Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE at UNITED.NET
Fri May 11 08:29:18 PDT 2012


Tom,

According to Space Track, TACSAT 3 reentered April 30th.  The final Keps
will normally have huge values for drag, etc which may break the standard
predictive calculations.

73s,

Alan
WA4SCA

TIP Reports for Object 35001, TACSAT 3, (Decayed 2012-04-30), US

Report Date/Time	2012-05-01 00:10:00 GMT
Predicted Decay Time	2012-04-30 20:04:00 GMT  +/- 15 Minutes
Predicted Decay Location	40.2° S, 110.8° E
Direction	ascending
Inclination	40.4°
Revolution Number	16700
High Interest Object	N
Final Report





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