Decay watch: January 25
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 21:11:35 +0000
No new elsets appeared on OIG's database for three days from midday UTC
on Friday, but they are now flowing again.
SpaceCom's only current decay notice is:
Object Notice issued Predicted decay
UTC UTC
#25065 = ETS-7 H2 r Jan 24 19:34 Jan 27 19:29 +-2d
My own analysis leads to decay at January 27.5 (~12:26 UTC +- 11h).
This rocket enters eclipse near 27 deg S latitude at 20h local time and
leaves eclipse at 34 deg N at about 06h local time.
Predicted elsets:
ETS-7 H2 r 13.5 2.5 0.0 3.0 v 217 x 205 km
1 25065U 97074C 99026.05076579 .03689755 75739-2 13678-2 0 94324
2 25065 34.5253 112.3090 0009351 340.3316 19.6321 16.23231852 66036
ETS-7 H2 r 13.5 2.5 0.0 3.0 v 204 x 194 km
1 25065U 97074C 99026.54209897 .05357831 17082-1 13682-2 0 94329
2 25065 34.5244 108.6976 0007518 345.5784 14.3999 16.27566613 66118
ETS-7 H2 r 13.5 2.5 0.0 3.0 v 183 x 177 km
1 25065U 97074C 99027.03177392 .10546982 74726-1 13366-2 0 94328
2 25065 34.5228 105.0699 0005070 350.8490 9.1416 16.34742697 66197
Alan
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