AMOS5 has FAILED at 04:45 UTC today

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AMOS 5 is moving east

Just cleared the Astra 1 slot with SES moving satellites to avoid a collision

NORAD ID:
37950
LOCAL TIME:
22:30:30
UTC:
22:30:30
LATITUDE:
0.07
LONGITUDE:
19.71
ALTITUDE [km]:
35781.10
ALTITUDE [mi]:
22233.35
SPEED [km/s]:
3.07
SPEED [mi/s]:
1.91
AZIMUTH: 155.6 SSE
ELEVATION:
+28.1
RIGHT ASCENSION:
08h 15m 06s
DECLINATION:
-08° 15' 54''
Local Sidereal Time:
06h 49m 36s
The satellite is in day light
SATELLITE PERIOD:
1436m
 

Captain Jack

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So is it going to be circling the Earth in geo-orbit indefinitely?
 

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She should fall into the gravity well at around 75E - theres supposed to be a few dozen dead satellites wobbling backwards and forwards around that one
 

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She should fall into the gravity well at around 75E - theres supposed to be a few dozen dead satellites wobbling backwards and forwards around that one

I believe it will take a few years for that to happen. There is also another well at 105 degrees West.
 

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Amos-5 will likely have an orbit similar to Turksat 1C that made a failed attempt to raise to graveyard orbit.
A turn will be near 130°E, then back approaching 17°E again in 3 years.
Turksat1C.png
 

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Another 2 candidates for the space tug concept - get the bloody dead ones near the geosat arc out of the way once and for all.
 
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