The final elset from OIG for the AsiaSat 3 platform ... AsiaSat 3 Platform 177 x 128 km 1 25128U 97086C 97359.69801134 .17371302 12154-4 22806-3 0 97 2 25128 51.6085 88.5264 0037403 231.5488 128.8163 16.45033169 126 ...shows it 9 seconds early on my SatEvo evolution "9005" posted at about that time. My guess is that it re-entered near the next northbound equator crossing at December 25.76 (~18:12 UTC). ------------------------------------- The latest elset for the Proton-K rocket ... AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 184 x 142 km 1 25127U 97086B 97360.43044676 .05509257 12451-4 16249-3 0 138 2 25127 51.6151 84.4060 0032441 278.5783 81.1790 16.41092370 249 ...is 14 seconds early with respect to the "9002" evolution I posted here yesterday. My current prediction is for decay at about December 27.08 (~02h UTC +-2.5h). The evolution runs: AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 178 x 140 km 1 25127U 97086B 97360.55215867 .06850744 33236-1 16617-3 0 90133 2 25127 51.6147 83.7159 0029262 279.0939 80.5751 16.42636317 269 AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 167 x 136 km 1 25127U 97086B 97360.73451846 .09450010 69361-1 15828-3 0 90138 2 25127 51.6139 82.6787 0023715 279.8689 79.8634 16.45550511 290 AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 150 x 129 km 1 25127U 97086B 97360.91648725 .16611336 25075+0 15621-3 0 90133 2 25127 51.6127 81.6384 0016405 280.6462 79.1690 16.50013718 324 AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 142 x 125 km 1 25127U 97086B 97360.97701437 .23451576 54698+0 16233-3 0 90138 2 25127 51.6120 81.2907 0013098 280.9060 78.9465 16.52383437 334 AsiaSat 3 Proton-K r 129 x 118 km 1 25127U 97086B 97361.03743558 .44698762 22954+1 19073-3 0 90135 2 25127 51.6111 80.9420 0008609 281.1665 78.7366 16.56186078 341 ------------------------------------- The latest elsets for AsiaSat 3 and (what I assume to be) its failed Block-DM3 stage are: AsiaSat 3 35997 x 269 km 1 25126U 97086A 97360.35094992 .00023211 00000-0 96956-2 0 78 2 25126 51.5125 91.9746 7288063 1.0795 359.8143 2.26259055 31 AsiaSat 3 Block-DM3 r? 35996 x 223 km 1 25129U 97086D 97359.90803672 -.00000507 00000-0 00000-0 0 14 2 25129 51.4499 92.0594 7304004 1.0181 359.8589 2.26580509 16 Contrary to some reports, they are in no danger of imminent re-entry and should survive the ups and downs of lunisolar perturbations into the next millennium. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | SatEvo satellite page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/