[meteorite-list] Yohkoh Reenters Into Earth's Atmosphere

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Sep 13 12:40:37 2005
Message-ID: <200509131639.j8DGdNJ28934_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/09/20050913_yohkoh_e.html

Result of Re-entry of the Solar X-ray Observatory "Yohkoh"
(SOLAR-A) to the Earth's Atmosphere

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
September 13, 2005 (JST)

According to information from the Space Surveillance Network (SSN) of
the USA, the Solar X-ray Observatory "Yohkoh" (SOLAR-A) re-entered the
earth's atmosphere at 6:16 p.m. on September 12, 2005 (Japan Standard
Time, JST) over South Asia (at around north latitude 24 degrees and east
longitude 85 degrees). It was confirmed that the satellite disappeared
from the orbit. Previous analysis shows that the frame of the Yohkoh
burned and vanished at re-entry and it did 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 the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA.)


[Map of Yohkoh Re-entry Location to the Earth's Atmosphere]


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

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Public Affairs Department, JAXA
Tel: +81-3-6266-6413 through to -6416
Received on Tue 13 Sep 2005 12:39:22 PM PDT