SL-23 ROCKET BODY
Object Description
Type
Rocket Body
Int'l Designation
2017-086D
NORAD Number
42748
Launched
26 December 2017 @ 19:00 UTC
Site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Mission
AngoSat 1 Communications Satellite
Reentry Prediction
Predicted Reentry Time
27 JAN 2018 22:35 UTC ± 2 hours
Orbit Epoch
27 JAN 2018 15:30:56.860 UTC
Prediction Ground Track
Yellow Icon – location of object at predicted reentry time
Orange Line – area of visibility at the predicted reentry time for a ground observer
Blue Line – ground track uncertainty prior to predicted reentry time (ticks at 5-minute intervals)
Yellow Line – ground track uncertainty after predicted reentry time (ticks at 5-minute intervals)
White Line – day/night divider at predicted reentry time (Sun location shown by White Icon)
Pink Icon – vicinity of eyewitness sighting
Note: Possible reentry locations lie anywhere along the blue and yellow ground track.
Orange Line – area of visibility at the predicted reentry time for a ground observer
Blue Line – ground track uncertainty prior to predicted reentry time (ticks at 5-minute intervals)
Yellow Line – ground track uncertainty after predicted reentry time (ticks at 5-minute intervals)
White Line – day/night divider at predicted reentry time (Sun location shown by White Icon)
Pink Icon – vicinity of eyewitness sighting
Note: Possible reentry locations lie anywhere along the blue and yellow ground track.
This object was sighted reentering on 27 January 2018 at 23:32 UTC over Pucallpa, Peru. Several fuel tanks were recovered by the Peruvian Air Force near the Puno region of Peru after they were notified by local residence.
