Decay watch: Apr 27
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 21:08:44 +0100
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Object: #12519 = 81- 54 E = Molniya 3-16 r2
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Apr 22 12:05 Apr 29 12:41 +-1d 8.6 S 56.3 E
SpaceCom Apr 26 13:27 Apr 30 09:35 +-2d 6.3 S 101.1 E
SpaceCom Apr 27 07:48 Apr 30 07:49 +-2d 36.9 S 106.7 E
SatEvo Apr 23 20:45 May 1 04:00 +-2d
SatEvo Apr 26 18:30 May 1 19:04 +-1.3d 40.4 S 73.4 W
SatEvo Apr 27 20:00 May 1 03:29 +-1d 41.6 S 162.2 E
Latest elset:
Molniya 3-16 r2 1075 x 104 km
1 12519U 81054E 99117.63249993 .12361199 74336-5 25760-3 0 8046
2 12519 61.8883 114.5843 0696768 308.9225 153.3876 14.92730180100033
SatEvo prediction:
Molniya 3-16 r2 1010 x 103 km
1 12519U 81054E 99118.01293225 .14019998 69608-2 27185-3 0 98040
2 12519 61.8839 113.2504 0653515 309.0786 45.2851 15.03435630100094
Molniya 3-16 r2 916 x 102 km
1 12519U 81054E 99118.54241839 .15273825 90157-2 26828-3 0 98040
2 12519 61.8780 111.3587 0590937 309.3006 45.6048 15.18917787100170
Molniya 3-16 r2 829 x 101 km
1 12519U 81054E 99119.00115262 .16689180 11767-1 26560-3 0 98040
2 12519 61.8728 109.6835 0532032 309.4979 45.9158 15.33550964100240
Note: The latest elset shows this running 80 seconds early against the
prediction I posted yesterday.
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Object: #388 = 62- 39 D = FTV 3502 Scout r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Apr 27 00:20 May 3 18:06 +-4d 65.6 N 171.1 W
SatEvo Apr 27 19:45 May 4 00:00 +-2d
Latest elset:
FTV3502 Scout r 1.5 0.5 0.0 6.5 d 255 x 251 km
1 00388U 62039D 99117.62272590 .01127222 75268-3 14113-2 0 6930
2 00388 98.5372 331.4549 0002569 288.7059 71.4859 16.07828827973603
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Alan
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