Re: Decay Watch: GPS #43 Rkt (#24877)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 2 Jan 1998 15:55:14 +0000
With only a few hours to go, the latest published elset for this Delta 2
rocket is:
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 207 x 142 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.54382701 .09626938 50110-5 37616-3 0 3109
2 24877 37.6498 277.0323 0049296 17.9029 342.2884 16.36797516 24456
This has it running 5.9 seconds early on the "9308" evolution I posted
previously.
My latest analysis puts decay at about January 2.83 (~20:00 UTC +-1h).
New predictions:
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 196 x 139 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.60475862 .17571838 20697+0 50744-3 0 93101
2 24877 37.6494 276.5938 0043823 18.4940 341.6648 16.39346356 24463
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 186 x 137 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.66561234 .22194235 34690+0 50402-3 0 93103
2 24877 37.6488 276.1545 0037570 19.0861 341.0543 16.41741947 24474
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 172 x 133 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.72636327 .31243279 76813+0 50214-3 0 93103
2 24877 37.6482 275.7142 0030054 19.6796 340.4361 16.44916122 24483
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 152 x 127 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.78696643 .58945628 34018+1 52063-3 0 93108
2 24877 37.6471 275.2725 0019897 20.2750 339.8039 16.49973286 24497
Alan
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