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Blobrana · L

RE: Tool Bag Re-entry

Blobrana · L

Update:
The tool bag was predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 3rd, August, 2009 @ 14:14 GMT ±34 minutes.

Revolution Number: 4074
Predicted Location: 48.8° S, 116.6° E

A tool bag lost by a spacewalking astronaut in November appears to have met its end after more than eight months in orbit. The chief scientist at NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office says the tool kit should have reentered the atmosphere this morning.
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Blobrana · L

Update:
The tool bag is predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 3rd, August, 2009 @ 14:39 GMT ±5 hours.

Revolution Number: 4074
Predicted Location: 2.8° S, 223.5° E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The tool bag is predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 3rd, August, 2009 @ 13:16 GMT ±15 hours.

Period:                       88.74
Inclination:                 51.63°
Apogee:                     219
Perigee:                     205
Revolution Number:    4075
Predicted Location:     12.7° N, 257.1° E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The tool bag is predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 3rd, August, 2009 @ 15:02 GMT ±48 hours.

Period:                       88.9
Inclination:   51.63°
Apogee:                     225
Perigee:                     215
Revolution Number:    4075
Predicted Location:     51.6° N, 314.1° E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The tool bag is predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 29th, July, 2009.

TLE Data

TOOL BAG
1 33442U 98067BL  09210.75812552  .00865218  11828-4  45576-3 0  3801
2 33442 051.6271 063.5720 0008797 270.3991 089.6161 16.19323027 39978
1 33442U 98067BL  09210.14082257  .00836476  47190-3  48537-3 0  3797
2 33442 051.6258 066.9527 0007445 265.0585 095.0104 16.18209550 39874
1 33442U 98067BL  09209.83200014  .00755264  37208-3  45716-3 0  3783
2 33442 051.6285 068.6462 0006491 256.5214 103.5091 16.17643385 39827
1 33442U 98067BL  09208.96679994 +.00690676 +29909-3 +45808-3 0 03778
2 33442 051.6298 073.3795 0006859 250.1231 109.8992 16.16384118039688
1 33442U 98067BL  09209.15225719  .00703046  31225-3  45762-3 0  3771
2 33442 051.6303 072.3650 0006840 252.1612 107.8638 16.16643079 39712

Blobrana · L

The tool bag lost during a spacewalk by a NASA astronaut is about to finally return to Earth - in a mini-inferno of fiery scraps flying over the sky.

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Blobrana · L

A tool bag lost by STS-126 mission astronauts working on the International Space Station is predicted to re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 28th, July, 2009.

TLE Data

TOOL BAG
1 33442U 98067BL  09209.15225719  .00703046  31225-3  45762-3 0  3771
2 33442 051.6303 072.3650 0006840 252.1612 107.8638 16.16643079 39712
1 33442U 98067BL  09208.84314512  .00682687  29080-3  45841-3 0  3766
2 33442 051.6302 074.0558 0006817 249.0914 110.9266 16.16214028 39665
1 33442U 98067BL  09207.91533036 +.00660838 +26557-3 +48246-3 0 03758
2 33442 051.6295 079.1107 0005044 268.1374 091.8983 16.15076588039518
1 33442U 98067BL  09208.10094390  .00668841  27363-3  47985-3 0  3752
2 33442 051.6289 078.0961 0005564 272.6599 087.3772 16.15314843 39541
1 33442U 98067BL  09207.85345385  .00658348  26308-3  48345-3 0  3745
2 33442 051.6280 079.4486 0004771 269.8839 090.1530 16.14998008 39503

-- Edited by Blobrana on Monday 18th of January 2010 02:36:45 PM