[AR] Re: Tiangong Reentry Window Narrowing

  • From: John DeMar <jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 19:35:06 -0600

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On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:

Yup, the Chinese are saying it did reenter at 0015 UTC over the South
Pacific, here:
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/01/china-tiangong-1-to-re-enter
-atmosphere-over-south-atlantic-on-monday.html

Where'd you see the info?

Henry

On 4/1/2018 6:20 PM, John DeMar wrote:

Re-entered 0016 UTC Apr 2 over South Pacific.



On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 6:34 PM, Henry Vanderbilt <
hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Meanwhile, unless anyone has a sighting report from South America,
    the next indication whether it's still in orbit should come from
    Ascension Island radar in a little bit.

    Henry

    On 4/1/2018 5:20 PM, William Claybaugh wrote:

        I’m extremely skeptical that there are any facts known to
        Stratcom that are not know to the team at Aerospace; differing
        floating point errors   is amusingly possible.

        Bill

        On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 6:15 PM Henry Vanderbilt
        <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:

             When I saw that I asked myself, what does Stratcom know
        that Aerospace
             doesn't - or vice-versa.  Better data on the vehicle
        structure, on
             detailed atmospheric conditions, or both, would be one guess.

             FWIW, it was on a short list of different-sourced
        predictions, and those
             two had by far the smallest stated uncertainties.  And a
        30-minute
             disagreement.  With Stratcom's differing in the direction
        Aerospace's
             has been evolving as the end gets closer, which could mean
        something.

             Or it could just mean they're running the same data into
        the same code
             but with different floating-point packages.

             Twenty minutes till Aerospace's midpoint, fifty till
        Stratcom's.

             And as always with sims, of course, the real-world system
being
             simulated will to some unknown degree do what it darn well
        pleases.

             Henry

             On 4/1/2018 4:53 PM, William Claybaugh wrote:
              > Stratcom has a capability independent from circle A?
   The very
             point of
              > Aerospace was to do this work so warfighters could
focus....
              >
              > Bill
              >
              > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 3:31 PM Henry Vanderbilt
              > <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
             <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
              >
              >     Argue with Aerospace Corp, not me.
              >
              >     FWIW earlier I saw mention of a Stratcom prediction
        showing it a
              >     half-hour later than Aerospace.  That'd put the
        center of the
             window
              >     over Africa/the Middle east, FWIW.
              >
              >     If we're still taking guesses for the pool, I'll go
        for a bit
             over a
              >     half-orbit late, bringing it down right across China.
              >
              >     Henry
              >
              >     On 4/1/2018 1:38 PM, Monroe L. King Jr. wrote:
              >      > Naa I still say they are 4 hours off projected from
             Henry's post.
              >     Unless
              >      > the space weather changes, that puts it very
        close to tomorrow
              >     our time.
              >      >
              >      > Gonna be fun to see when and where. Any other
        predictions
             based on
              >      > empirical data? Or a guess? Just for fun!
              >      >
              >      > Monroe
              >      >
              >      >> -------- Original Message --------
              >      >> Subject: [AR] Re: Tiangong Reentry Window
Narrowing
              >      >> From: John DeMar <jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx>>
        <mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:jsdemar@xxxxxxxxx>>>>
              >      >> Date: Sun, April 01, 2018 1:18 pm
              >      >> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
             <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>
              >      >>
              >      >>
              >      >> No fooling, it's coming in today. Refresh this
page:
              >      >>
        http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png
        <http://www.aerospace.org/CORDSuploads/TiangongStoryboard.png>
              >      >>
              >      >>   -John DeMar
              >      >> https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsdemar/
        <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsdemar/>
              >      >>
              >      >>
              >      >> On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Monroe L. King
Jr. <
              >      >> monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
        <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:monroe@teamprometheus.
org>
             <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:monroe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> wrote:
              >      >>
              >      >>> I say it overshoots by 8-12 hours maybe more.
              >      >>>
              >      >>> Monroe
              >      >>>
              >      >>>> -------- Original Message --------
              >      >>>> Subject: [AR] Tiangong Reentry Window Narrowing
              >      >>>> From: Henry Vanderbilt
        <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
              >     <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>>
              >      >>>> Date: Sun, April 01, 2018 8:34 am
              >      >>>> To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
             <mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ;<mailto:arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


              >      >>>>
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> According to
              >      >>>>
              >
        http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/tiangong-
1-reentry/
        <http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/tiangong
-1-reentry/>
              >      >>>> as of a few minutes ago the reentry window for
the
             defunct Chinese
              >      >>>> station has narrowed to +- 2.5 hours either
        side of ten
             after
              >     midnight
              >      >>>> UTC tonight.
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> That's 2:40 pm to 7:40 pm this
        afternoon/evening, MST
             (or PDT)
              >     (UTC-7).
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> The general trend over the past couple of days
        has been for
              >     the window
              >      >>>> to slide later, FWIW.
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> Looking at the ground track, the current
projected
             middle of
              >     the window
              >      >>>> is way out over the Pacific.  Alas for free
local
             fireworks,
              >     the overall
              >      >>>> window comes nowhere near North America.
 Southern South
              >     America, much
              >      >>>> of Africa, Central and East Asia, yes.  As for
        you Aussies,
              >     absent a
              >      >>>> major late change, no Skylab-Tiangong twofer.
       Oh well!
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> I notice that a bit less than one orbit after
        current
             projected
              >      >>>> mid-window, it'll be going right over the
        middle of China,
              >     which could
              >      >>>> make for a spectacular show for the people who
        paid for it.
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>>
              >      >>>> Henry
              >      >>>
              >      >>>
              >      >
              >      >
              >





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