OAM decayed

Harro.Zimmer (Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de)
Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:42:37 +0100

199-002B (25617) Orbit Adjust Module:
 In its final report SpaceCom announced the decay at
                     Jan 29, 22:38 UTC +/- 34 minutes (15.1°S, 134.0°E)
This is on a northbound pass with a reentry point over North Australia about    
350 km SE from Darwin. 
With the last released  ELSET - 99029.8233... -  MPM shows again
                     Jan 29, 22:40 UTC +/- 30 minutes (10.1°S, 141.5°E)
This is north of the Carpentaria Gulf in direction of the Papua New Guinea coast.
The difference between this reentry point and my yesterday information resulted
from an input of a descent trajectory with a final altitude of 65 km.
This orbit crossed - as Alan mentioned yesterday -  South Africa. The last ELSET 
shows a shadow pass near Pretoria and Johannesburg.

Pretoria: 22:06:42 - 22:12:12 UTC.
Maximum elevation: 22:09.26 UTC, 57.9°. Azimuth: 205.1°. Range: 136.5 km

Johannesburg: 22:06:45 - 22:12:15 UTC
Maximum Elevation: 22:09:29 UTC, 87.4°. Azimuth: 025.2°. Range: 116.2 km

Any observations?

Harro

Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
Berlin, Germany