Decay watch: 2002 April 2 #2

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 13:44:33 EST

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    Though I have nothing to add for the moment on the Shenzhou rocket 
    decay, I have updated the other decayers to my Decay Watch page and 
    included SAC-B/HETE/Pegasus r for the first time - nothing yet from 
    SpaceCom on the latter. A summary follows - check the page for predicted 
    elsets.
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    Object: #22780 = 93- 54 B = GPS 2-22 Delta 2 r
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Apr  1 19:31     Apr  4 20:02 +-2d         8.6 N    99.9 E
    SatEvo     Apr  2 18:15     Apr  4 21:16 +-16h
    
    Latest elset:
    GPS 2-22 r1      5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 v   12       235 x 216 km
    1 22780U 93054B   02092.53869622  .02333518  73125-2  14806-2 0  5480
    2 22780  22.0171  93.2962 0014668 117.5669 242.6484 16.17847179473763
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    Object: #23767 = 96-  2 D = Panamsat 3R Spelda
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Apr  2 05:58     Apr  4 06:26 +-1d         6.2 S    95.0 W
    SatEvo     Apr  2 18:10     Apr  4 10:15 +-13h
    
    Latest elset:
    Panamsat 3R Spelda                               871 x 146 km
    1 23767U 96002D   02092.60843345  .17014564 -27342-4  38478-2 0  7405
    2 23767   6.9918 324.4087 0526324  28.0651 239.6195 15.19089224 90007
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    Object: #24645 = 96- 61 A = SAC-B/HETE + Pegasus rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   (not yet predicted)
    SatEvo     Apr  2 18:20     Apr  7 04:41 +-1.5d
    
    Latest elset:
    SAC-B/HETE + r   3.1  1.0  0.0  7.4 d  4.0       238 x 228 km
    1 24645U 96061A   02092.42476852  .01555429  19159-2  11249-2 0  1757
    2 24645  37.9506 328.6306 0007779 273.1129  87.4660 16.15210992302121
    
    Note: This enters eclipse while southbound near 18 deg N in the evening
    and leaves eclipse northbound near 33 deg S.
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
    Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
    Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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