Re: The greatest failure of space exploration

On 12/6/05 5:59 AM, in article PsOdnVRmu-rOBAjenZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxx,
"Ted Molczan" <molczan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "Brett Buck" <buckbw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BFBA98E5.2D75D%buckbw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On 12/5/05 4:09 PM, in article
>> 1133827768.910370.169800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ed Kyle"
>> <edkyle99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> One thing I was rather impressed with was the genuine concern taken over
>> the issue of uncontrolled re-entry. A significant amount of effort went
>> into
>> safely disposing of the spacecraft. It ain't coming back anytime soon. I'm
>> not sure where the Centaur ended up, but there aren't nearly as many hard
>> parts in that to worry about.
>
> Both objects are tracked regularly by hobbyists. The payload is in an 1100 X
> 5153 km orbit, and the Centaur in a 707 X 5155 km orbit.

I had 596 miles (~1104 km) in the "DFS-3 Final Perigee Pool", but I
didn't win. The winner had 593 miles (1098 km), as I recall, which was
within about 500-1000 feet of the actual final perigee. Because they
wouldn't let me do the final two burns! They were worried about running out
of fuel, for reasons that escape me. Cost me about $200 as I recall.

The Centaur perigee sounds about right, but the apogee is a little strange
(too low). It was up around 3500 miles at separation. Maybe it decayed since
then.

Brett

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