Decay watch: Apr 5
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 5 Apr 1999 22:34:34 +0100
OIG's database has started to make fresh elsets available again after
its usual weekend holiday. It seems, though, that any further SpaceCom
decay warnings for the Soyuz have been missed.
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Object: #25665 = 99- 15 B = Progress M-41 Soyuz-U r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Apr 2 18:19 Apr 4 04:59 +-21h 39.0 N 122.8 W
SpaceCom Apr 2 22:18 Apr 3 16:37 +-11h 25.3 S 95.7 W
SatEvo Apr 2 19:45 Apr 5 02:25 +-1d
SatEvo Apr 2 23:15 Apr 4 09:58 +-12h 49.1 S 45.4 W
SatEvo Apr 3 20:45 Apr 4 12:05 +-6h 51.7 N 72.7 E
SatEvo Apr 5 21:20 Apr 4 11:04 +-80m 12.6 S 166.9 W
Final elset?:
Prog M-41 Soyuz r 167 x 152 km
1 25665U 99015B 99094.18559018 .12339136 12501-4 52811-3 0 224
2 25665 51.6287 2.9232 0011504 80.5257 279.7069 16.42543774 284
Note: It is possible that further elsets will be posted. The final one
above shows it running 6 seconds early against my last SatEvo
prediction. I put decay on a southbound pass over the central Pacific.
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Object: #7418 = 74- 66 B = Cosmos 673 r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Apr 3 14:52 Apr 11 18:14 +-5d 75.8 S 31.4 E
SatEvo Apr 3 21:15 Apr 14 15:00 +-3d
SatEvo Apr 5 21:30 Apr 14 15:00 +-2.5d
Latest elset:
Cosmos 673 r 3.8 2.6 0.0 5.1 v 249 x 234 km
1 07418U 74066B 99095.23975676 .00722697 29364-3 67434-3 0 9234
2 07418 81.1953 190.2902 0011098 254.1642 105.8416 16.12087975357102
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Alan
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