Decay watch: 2000 Dec 26

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Dec 26 2000 - 01:16:15 PST

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    SpaceCom has just posted the first decay warning for Iridium 85. The
    following is from my Decay Watch page which I'll be unable to update
    again until late on the 27th UTC.
    
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    Object: #4392 = 70- 34 B = Mao 1 Long March 1 rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Dec 25 18:54     Dec 28 11:46 +-2d        32.4 S   107.8 W
    SatEvo     Dec 26 08:50     Dec 28 20:56 +-16h
    
    Latest elset:
    Mao 1 r          4.0  2.0  0.0  6.2 d  5.2       279 x 238 km
    1 04392U 70034B   00361.08518394  .02393717  54399-2  33683-2 0  4703
    2 04392  68.2941 187.6994 0031482 113.6917 246.7441 16.05801391520942
    
    Note: The latest elset shows this running 10 sec late against the
    prediction I posted on the 24th.
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    Object: #25529 = 98- 66 C = Iridium 85
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Dec 26 06:33     Dec 30 06:55 +-2d         8.7 N   132.9 W
    SatEvo     Dec 26 09:00     Dec 30 15:15 +-1.1d
    
    Latest elset:
    Iridium 85 tum   4.0  1.8  0.0  6.0 d  9.3       259 x 247 km
    1 25529U 98066C   00361.24018684  .01690894  20609-2  21800-2 0  8375
    2 25529  85.9838 251.5839 0008961 140.3281 219.9007 16.07669740119377
    
    Note: This enters eclipse while over the Arctic and leaves eclipse
    southbound near 49 deg S at ~22:30 local time.
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    Alan
    -- 
    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55d53m48.7s N   3d11m51.2s W      156m asl
    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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