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Apron => Pit => Topic started by: Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers on Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:37

Title: Post-mortem fireworks (maybe)
Post by: Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers on Wed, 29 Jan 2020 20:37
https://news.yahoo.com/two-dead-satellites-may-collision-020000528.html

"As of the latest update, the miss distance has now been reduced to just 12 metres, and the probability of an impact has increased to 1 in 20."

Just a few hours to go...
Title: Re: Post-mortem fireworks (maybe)
Post by: John Golin on Thu, 30 Jan 2020 03:26
....and it's a miss.

Not sure whether to be sad there were no fireworks, or happy there is not space debris!  I'll go with happy :)

On a brighter note, Starlink launch went well - landed the first stage for the 3rd time and managed to catch one of the fairing halves.  Total of 240 Starlink Sats launched now....