[amsat-bb] Re-entry predictions for BY70-1

[Joe]

Cool, well it won't be a bad idea that for starting a few days before to 
be outside waiting whenever an overhead pass was to happen.

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On 1/29/2017 10:07 AM, Todd Deckard wrote:
> Greetings Joe!
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> space-track.org lists the decay epoch as 2017-02-22 0:00:00 -- note this is not strictly the re-entry time but perhaps gives us an approximate window?
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> I do not understand the material very well.  It appears for large objects they will calculate a time-and-impact prediction as things become more certain but perhaps poor Bayi-Kepu-Weixing-1 may not rate as it doesn't pose a hazard.
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> I don't even know if it would be visible during re-entry given the speed?
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>> When will we have a closer idea of when it may re-enter?
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>> It would be neat to try to catch it on video.
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>> Joe WB9SBD
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