Re: Decay of FSW-2 (#24634 = 96- 59 A)

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 2 Dec 1996 20:38:45 +0000

The latest OIG elset for this object is:
FSW-2                                            171 x 145
1 24634U 96059A   96337.54606274  .04288728  87462-5  12815-3 0  1544
2 24634  63.0193 274.6669 0019846 134.2687 226.1694 16.42973079  6983

This placed it 8 seconds late against the SatEvo predicted elsets I
posted yesterday. A new SatEvo evolution satifies the six elsets I have
since Dec 1.87 to better than 0.1 second. The new indicated re-entry
time is about December 3.18 (04.20 UT).

Final predicted elsets:
FSW-2                                            157 x 138
1 24634U 96059A   96337.84999439  .08255870  64481-1  13766-3 0 91548
2 24634  63.0181 273.4029 0014364 134.3094 225.8084 16.46855099  7031
FSW-2                                            153 x 136
1 24634U 96059A   96337.91069349  .09652850  91996-1  13738-3 0 91544
2 24634  63.0178 273.1495 0012994 134.3176 225.7889 16.47937010  7047
FSW-2                                            149 x 134
1 24634U 96059A   96337.97134899  .11743156  14342+0  13872-3 0 91543
2 24634  63.0174 272.8958 0011464 134.3258 225.7682 16.49225191  7059
FSW-2                                            144 x 131
1 24634U 96059A   96338.03195131  .15271324  25929+0  14337-3 0 91544
2 24634  63.0169 272.6419 0009696 134.3340 225.7455 16.50840714  7064
FSW-2                                            136 x 126
1 24634U 96059A   96338.09248389  .22759874  63232+0  15679-3 0 91542
2 24634  63.0162 272.3876 0007526 134.3422 225.7195 16.53073798  7077
FSW-2                                            124 x 118
1 24634U 96059A   96338.15290829  .53672800  40665+1  21750-3 0 91545
2 24634  63.0152 272.1327 0004393 134.3505 225.6855 16.57098371  7087

Alan
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