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RE: ORBCOMM OG2 satellite

Blobrana · L

The ORBCOMM OG2 satellite that was launched on the 7th October, 2012, from Cape Canaveral, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 10th October, 2012 @ 06:30 GMT ± 2 hours.

ORBCOMM OG2
1 38847U 12054B   12284.06427060  .16695661  12804-4  73003-3 0   147
2 38847 051.6525 270.3548 0045482 048.8345 311.7710 16.36762999   334

Period: 89.76 minutes
Inclination: 51.65°
Apogee: 322 km
Perigee: 203 km
Revolution Number: 36
Predicted Location: 49°N, 226°E

Blobrana · L

ORBCOMM OG2
1 38847U 12054B   12282.42160681 -.00003637  11498-4  00000+0 0    48
2 38847 051.6419 279.2909 0089855 055.4835 095.2999 16.04221211    60

Period: 89.76 minutes
Inclination: 51.64°
Apogee: 322 km
Perigee: 203 km

Blobrana · L

OG2 satellite's insertion orbit lower than planned

ORBCOMM Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that the first prototype of its second generation of satellites (OG2) was launched on the Cargo Re-Supply Services (CRS-1) mission aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, FL, on October 7, 2012 at 8:35 pm EST. The OG2 prototype satellite, flying as a secondary payload on this mission, was separated from the Falcon 9 launch vehicle at approximately 9:00 pm EST. However, due to an anomaly on one of the Falcon 9's first stage engines, the rocket did not comply with a pre-planned International Space Station (ISS) safety gate to allow it to execute the second burn. For this reason, the OG2 prototype satellite was deployed into an orbit that was lower than intended.
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