Decay watch: 2002 August 21

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Aug 21 2002 - 11:17:25 EDT

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    No reports, even negative, of sightings of the decaying Meteor 1-2 
    satellite on its potential pass over Europe. I watched during a 
    very-low-elevation pass in a clear sky as seen from Edinburgh, but saw 
    nothing. From my Decay Watch page...
    
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    Object: #4119 = 69- 84 A = Meteor 1-2
    
    Final analyses:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Aug 20 22:49     Aug 20 21:17 +-7m        33.0 S     4.0 W
    SatEvo     Aug 21 15:00     Aug 20 21:31 +-15m       19.2 N     1.4 E
    
    Final elset:
    Meteor 1-2       5.0  1.5  0.0  5.8 v   12       146 x 129 km
    1 04119U 69084A   02232.77240833  .20501331 -99330-6  20044-3 0  5710
    2 04119  81.1065 290.3020 0012827 271.7290  88.3156 16.50633865721297
    
    Note: I estimate that this decayed on a northbound pass over Mali,
    northern Africa at the end of the SatEvo-predicted rev:
    Meteor 1-2       5.0  1.5  0.0  5.8 v   12       131 x 119 km
    1 04119U 69084A   02232.83292433  .54850665  45411+1  28866-3 0 95717
    2 04119  81.1050 290.2152 0009352 271.4820  88.4109 16.55415083721307
    If it had stayed in orbit a little longer there could have been
    a pass a cross Europe from near Marseille, France, at 21:37 UTC to
    Bremen, Germany, at 21:39 and just E of Oslo, Norway, at 21:41.
    So far, I have no reports of sightings.
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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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