I am curious how the location of re-entry can be predicted with such accuracy when the time of re-entry is only known within +/- 14 hours?
Larry W7IN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Armando Mercado" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 7:14 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] ANDE FCAL Re-entry
Hello, Space Track is now predicting ANDE FCAL re-entry this Sunday, May 25 at 1120 UTC +/- 14 hours. Predicted location of re-entry is 42.9 N 59E.
ANDE FCAL (NO-62) altitude is less than 108 miles. Beacon is 437.385MHz and doppler is amazing on an overhead pass.
ANDE FCAL SPHERE 2 1 29667U 06055J 08144.15059494 .01241272 12319-4 12424-3 0 9692 2 29667 051.6119 077.8021 0003880 260.9751 099.0908 16.37292428 82558
73, Armando N8IGJ
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