[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris:

2010-04-29 Thread Phil Karn
Stephen Melachrinos wrote: were a major hazard to everyone, themselves included. So they must have allocated more resources to the problem, as this is a massive undertaking. (Note that some reports say that the US has about 20,000 objects that are tracked and cataloged. In theory, this means

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris:

2010-04-14 Thread John Heath
hi steve, thanks for an informative post. good to see the bb doing what it does best. 73 john g7hia From: Stephen Melachrinos melac...@verizon.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 April, 2010 0:22:34 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Greg - I

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51

2010-04-13 Thread Larry Teran
: [amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51 On 4/11/2010 11:45 PM, Tom Clark, K3IO wrote: The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB has reported that AO-51 will have a ~200 meter (i.e. 2 football fields) approach to object #34890 at 08:51Z on April 13th

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51

2010-04-13 Thread B J
--- On Tue, 4/13/10, Larry Teran ki6...@gmail.com wrote: From: Larry Teran ki6...@gmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Received: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 1:33 PM Did AO-51 survived the approach? snip There were several

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51

2010-04-12 Thread wouter weggelaar
It seems to me that everyone in LEO is getting warnings now. Unfortunately that crash caused a lot of debris. Delfi-C3 made it through ok, as well as the other cubes on our launch. so good luck to AO-51! Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG Delfi-C3 mission ops team On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 5:45 AM, Tom

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51

2010-04-12 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 12 Apr 2010 at 12:20, wouter weggelaar wrote: Date sent: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:20:23 +0200 From: wouter weggelaar pa3...@amsat.org Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51 To: k...@verizon.net Copies

[amsat-bb] Re: Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51

2010-04-12 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
On 4/11/2010 11:45 PM, Tom Clark, K3IO wrote: The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB has reported that AO-51 will have a ~200 meter (i.e. 2 football fields) approach to object #34890 at 08:51Z on April 13th. The Joint Space Command sent an update -- their latest prediction has