BEPPOSAX REENTRY

Based on the American Space Surveillance Network assessment, the estimated ground impact time for the BeppoSAX main debris was 29 April 2003, 22:06 UTC, with an uncertainty window of plus or minus 7 minutes. Figure 1 shows the sub-satellite ground track corresponding to the above mentioned decay window. A ground swath half width of 60 km was assumed.



Fig. 1 – Sub-satellite track corresponding to the BeppoSAX decay window


No visual report concerning the satellite reentry time and area is at present available.

Issue date Document type
  
17 December 2002 Report no. 1
16 January 2003 Report no. 2
30 January 2003 Report no. 3
13 February 2003 Report no. 4
27 February 2003 Report no. 5
17 March 2003 Report no. 6
27 March 2003 Report no. 7
3 April 2003 Report no. 8
10 April 2003 Report no. 9
17 April 2003 Report no. 10
22 April 2003 Report no. 11
24 April 2003 Report no. 12
26 April 2003 Report no. 13
27 April 2003 Report no. 14
28 April 2003 10:00 CET Report no. 15
28 April 2003 15:00 CET Report no. 16
28 April 2003 23:00 CET Report no. 17
29 April 2003 06:00 CET Report no. 18
29 April 2003 10:00 CET Report no. 19
29 April 2003 13:00 CET Report no. 20
29 April 2003 19:00 CET Report no. 21
29 April 2003 21:00 CET Report no. 22
30 April 2003 00:00 CET Report no. 23
30 April 2003 03:00 CET Report no. 24
30 April 2003 11:30 CET Final Report


BeppoSAX reentry FAQs

Images of the BeppoSAX Spacecraft

All questions should be addressed to the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The official ASI interfaces are
Luca Salotti
tel: +39 06 8567289
fax: +39 06 8543871
e-mail: luca.salotti@asi.it
and
Claudio Portelli
tel: +39 06 8567260
e-mail: claudio.portelli@asi.it


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