SatEvo decay list #83

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 21:22:49 +0100

SatEvo decay list #83  (issued 1999 August 28)

This list of my satellite decay (re-entry) predictions and analyses 
is posted to the satellite observers mailing list, SeeSat-L,
and to the Usenet newsgroup sci.astro.satellites.visual-observe.
Information about SeeSat-L is available at
   http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html

The "Actual?" decay dates are my estimates based on the published
orbital element sets ("elsets") over the object's final days. Objects
are included in the "Predicted" column if I anticipate their decay by
1999 October 10, although some larger and/or more interesting decayers 
are included beyond that date.

This and other recent decay lists are available on the WWW via 
my SatEvo page at
               http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Linked from this page are files containing recent elsets for all
the Iridium satellites, all the objects in this decay list, plus
elsets for other selected objects including Mir, ISS, the Shuttle, 
and all newly launched and/or catalogued objects. A new addition
is the satbase file containing elsets for more than 8,000 satellites.


   #    Designation    Name              ----- Decay (1999) -----
                                            Predicted   Actual?

 18547   70- 25 PP  Nimbus 4 Agena deb               August  6
 25714   89-100 AY  C 2053 Tsyklon-3 deb             August  6
 24118   94- 29 FR  STEP-2 Pegasus deb               August  9
 24414   94- 29 RT  STEP-2 Pegasus deb               August 13
 25453   87- 68 CA  Meteor 2-16 deb                  August 13
 25702   89-100 AX  C 2053 Tsyklon deb               August 13
 24440   94- 29 SW  STEP-2 Pegasus deb               August 14
 24495   94- 29 UU  STEP-2 Pegasus deb               August 14
 25625   99-  4 E   Glblstar 36 Soyuz r1             August 16.65
 25764   79-104 F   CAT 1 Ariane 1 deb               August 17?
 25846   99- 67 D   ISS deb                          August 18.8
 25891   99- 44 C   Cosmos 2365 Soyuz deb            August 19.6
 25890   99- 44 B   Cosmos 2365 Soyuz-U r            August 21.98
 25819   94- 27 C   SROSS ASLV-D4 deb                August 26.8 Note 1
 24373   94- 29 QA  STEP-2 Pegasus deb               August 27   Note 1
 25099   90-103 D   Navstar 22 deb                   August 27   Note 1
 24272   64- 26 H   Transit 9 deb        September  2
 25691   86- 17 NE  Mir deb              September  2
 25518   98- 63 D   Afristar mini-spelda September  4
  7870   72- 58 AS  Landsat 1 Delta deb  September  7
 25447   94- 29 AEC STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September  7
 24137   94- 29 GL  STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September  8
 10223   77- 65 BA  Himawari 1 Delta deb September  9
 24183   94- 29 JJ  STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September  9
 25446   94- 29 AEB STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September 10
 25653   99- 12 E   Glblstar 22 Soyuz r1 September 12
 24491   94- 29 UQ  STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September 15
 10339   77- 65 DN  Himawari 1 Delta deb September 16
 24206   94- 29 KH  STEP-2 Pegasus deb   September 20
 22878   93- 68 B   GPS 2-23 Delta r1    September 22
 25712   89-100 BH  C 2053 Tsyklon deb   September 28
 18461   86- 19 SZ  Spot 1 Ariane 1 deb  September 29
 15076   84- 63 E   Raduga 15 aux motor    October  1
 25680   99- 19 E   Glblstar 19 Soyuz r1   October  6
 24832   97- 28 E   C 2344 SOZ ullage r   November  5
 24744   97- 10 A   Zeya                  November 10
 24972   97- 57 B   IRS-1D r              November 22
 25550   98- 69 B   SAC-A                 November 22
 22016   92- 39 C   GPS 2-14 Delta r2     November 23
 19377   88- 69 A   Molniya 1-73          December
 24291   96- 50 A   Microsat              December
 25500   98- 25 F   C 2350 aux motor      December
 25551   98- 69 C   MightySat             December
                                           (2000)
  4222   69- 97 B   AZUR Scout r           January
 25014   97- 63 B   STEP M4 Pegasus r      January
  1844   65-106 B   Cosmos 100 r          February
 22564   93- 15 B   UFO 1 r1              February
 22702   93- 42 C   GPS 2-21 Delta r2     February
  7969   75- 56 B   Cosmos 744 r          March-April
 25790   99- 34 B   QuikScat Titan 2 r    March-April
  9854   77- 15 B   Cosmos 895 r          April-May
 16609   86- 17 A   Mir                   April-May
 22876   93- 67 B   Cosmos 2265 r         April-May
 25176   98- 11 B   COMETS H2 r           April-May
 25769   99- 30 B   Starshine               May-June


Note

1. SpaceCom has yet to confirm this decay.


Alan
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