Re: Raduga 33 rocket decay

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 16 Aug 1996 23:32:54 +0100

In message <199608161900.OAA10646@freeside.fc.net>, Mike McCants
<mikem@fc.net> writes:
>The Raduga 33 rocket is decaying at a remarkable rate:
>
>1 23797U 96010D   96228.13569310 +.25637181 +16119-4 +12535-2 0 02748
>2 23797 047.8319 215.7173 3102646 061.2293 326.4709 09.54325922004830
>
>1 23797U 96010D   96229.05467116 +.26361494 +17384-4 +13165-2 0 02771
>2 23797 047.8010 213.6600 2868208 063.1898 323.7229 10.02738645004926
>
>Shadow entry in the evening is at latitude 40 north at an altitude
>of about 100 miles.  The RCS is 25 square meters, so if you get
>a favorable pass, it should be spectacular.
>
>Shadow exit in the morning is about latitude 24 north at about 600
>miles, so I do have a chance to look for it at 5AM or so.
>
>Re-entry August 21?

I calculate decay at about August 20.7. Here are some SatEvo-predicted
elements:
Raduga 33 SL-12 r2
1 23797U 96010D   96230.02026870  .34378235  20746-1  10964-2 0 92774
2 23797  47.7595 211.3063 2580813  65.3926 319.2471 10.65791595  5023
Raduga 33 SL-12 r2
1 23797U 96010D   96231.01682533  .42484856  35644-1  11759-2 0 92770
2 23797  47.7135 208.5812 2232747  67.9484 314.1969 11.41665883  5133
Raduga 33 SL-12 r2
1 23797U 96010D   96232.02472730  .57164495  67004-1  13099-2 0 92772
2 23797  47.6621 205.4087 1789597  70.9312 307.5467 12.40750873  5251

Alan
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