A Delta II Stage 2 Rocket Body that was launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base for the COSMO 1 mission on the 8th June 2007, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 16th August @ 06:48 UTC ± 4.4 hours.
Predicted Decay Location 11° 04` N, 1° 34` E
Inclination 98.4°
Revolution Number 1093
TLE Data
Oh boy! Good luck to our European friends...don't miss this if possible! I saw a booster reentry once & it's quite a show.
If I'm reading correctly, it'll be daylight over Spain and even more so if the reentry is one orbit later and happens to fly directly above my head. What can be expected in broad daylight?
Hum,
something like this meteor seen over Bogota Colombia on July 26th, 2007, at 18:10 local time...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXzgQCy1M7g
But it should be said that currently the satellite data is very unconstrained - so it could land anywhere along that orbit...
That "meteor" looks an awful like a jet w/ a contrail to me, especially in the photos. Way too slow for a meteor and even for orbital debris IMHO.
Gordan you're right, is clearly a jet contrail... it happens often to see this effect at the sunset. Read also youtube comments...
Hum,
no fooling you guys....yes the meteor is a sunlit vapour trail...(i had been fooled by similar images like that before; but in this case in the blown up jpeg images the plane can be clearly be seen)
Anyway...
Re-entry update:
16th August @ 09:23 GMT ± 1 minute
Predicted Decay Location 59° S, 329° E
Inclination 98.3°
Revolution Number 1093
A Molniya-M SL-6 (Stage 3) Rocket Body that was launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome for the Molniya 1-78 mission on the 10th August 1990, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 19th August @ 17:51 UTC ± 25 hours.
Predicted Decay Location 31° 48` N, 10° 48` E
Inclination 61.4°
Revolution Number 12427
TLE Data
1 20745U 90071D 07228.50588499 .25937346 17159-4 44544-3 0 94
2 20745 061.4239 095.8964 1582773 270.4675 070.0695 12.89249173123841
1 20745U 90071D 07228.03788120 .27199724 16181-4 43563-3 0 79
2 20745 061.4310 097.1048 1689604 270.2695 078.2154 12.65444992123783
1 20745U 90071D 07228.03788120 .27199724 16181-4 43563-3 0 80
2 20745 061.4310 097.1048 1689604 270.2695 078.2154 12.65444992123783
1 20745U 90071D 07227.55660042 .23183311 15033-4 45381-3 0 62
2 20745 061.4345 098.2933 1815130 270.0762 069.3532 12.36074633123728
1 20745U 90071D 07227.31281239 .23224376 14612-4 37328-3 0 53
2 20745 061.4300 098.8757 1870867 269.9180 069.5906 12.24665665123699
Wow, this one's an oldie. Are there going to be any more refined reentry predictions as the event approaches?
@ugordan
Since the SL-6 is quite large ill watch the data and post an predicted landing site nearer the time
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