[meteorite-list] Yohkoh To Reenter Into Earth's Atmosphere

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Sep 8 12:09:42 2005
Message-ID: <200509081608.j88G8YH13128_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/09/20050908_yohkoh_e.html
    
Reentry of the Solar X-ray Observatory "Yohkoh" (SOLAR-A)
to the Earth's Atmosphere

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
September 8, 2005

The Solar X-ray Observatory "Yohkoh" (SOLAR-A) is soon to re-enter the
earth's atmosphere as it has completed its on-orbit life. It is analyzed
that the frame of the Yohkoh will be burned and vanish at re-entry;
therefore it will not fall to earth.

The Yohkoh was launched aboard M-3S-II Launch Vehicle Flight No. 6 on
August 30, 1991, from the Uchinoura Space Center by the former Institute
of Space and Astronautical Science of the then Ministry of Education
(currently Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency or JAXA) .

Because of the change in atmosphere density due to the Sun, it is
impossible to predict the exact time and location of the re-entry.
However, it is currently expected to happen around September 12, 2005
(Japan Standard Time, JST).

We will provide you with information about the re-entry as soon as it is
confirmed.

For your information, Yohkoh's orbit at 2:57 a.m. on September 8, 2005
(JST), is as follows.

Yohkoh Orbit Data (at 2:57 a.m. on Sep. 8, 2005, JST)

Apogee altitude 247.7 Km
Perigee altitude 242.4 Km
Inclination 31.3 degrees
Period 89.3 minutes

About:
    The Solar X-ray Observatory "Yohkoh" (SOLAR-A)
<http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/complate/yohkoh/index.shtml>

For inquiries:
Public Affairs Department, JAXA
Tel: +81-3-6266-6413 through to -6416
Received on Thu 08 Sep 2005 12:08:34 PM PDT