Decay watch: 2002 January 23

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2002 - 14:30:15 EST

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    The following is a summary of the notices on my updated Decay Watch 
    page, including my first prediction for #22013, the Sampex rocket. See 
    my decay Watch page for predicted elsets for all these objects.
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    Object: #21987 = 92- 31 A = EUVE
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SatEvo     Jan 23 19:10     Feb  1 18:16 +-3.5d
    
    Latest elset:
    EUVE             3.0  0.0  0.0  6.0 d   19       250 x 244 km
    1 21987U 92031A   02023.10162045  .00779291  30995-3  78582-3 0  7522
    2 21987  28.4243 209.5137 0004494   1.4340 358.6297 16.09807225537704
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    Object: #22013 = 92- 38 B = Sampex Scout rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SatEvo     Jan 23 19:20     Jan 28 07:33 +-1.5d
    
    Latest elset:
    Sampex r         3.0  0.0  0.0  6.0 d 0.89       269 x 252 km
    1 22013U 92038B   02023.55216441  .01603308  16872-2  23776-2 0   361
    2 22013  81.6158  57.3253 0013068 157.9984 202.1869 16.05153371523780
    
    Note: This enters eclipse as it tracks northwards near 6 deg S in
    the evening sky and leaves eclipse southbound near 63 deg N before dawn.
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    Object: #24947 = 97- 51 D = Iridium 27 tum
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SatEvo     Jan 23 19:15     Feb  2 03:24 +-3.5d
    
    Latest elset:
    Iridium 27 tum   4.0  1.8  0.0  6.5 d  7.6       284 x 283 km
    1 24947U 97051D   02023.57750393  .01316228  88012-3  31443-2 0  1684
    2 24947  86.5844  71.4434 0000403 138.8895 221.2319 15.96823901241590
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    Object: #26625 = 00- 76 B = Anik F1 Ariane 44L rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Jan 23 03:54     Jan 25 04:12 +-1d         0.2 N   114.0 W
    SatEvo     Jan 23 19:00     Jan 25 00:46 +-12h        2.4 N    82.5 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Anik F1 Ariane 44L r                             2001 x 113 km
    1 26625U 00076B   02023.48762807  .41750034 -78177-4  18226-2 0  6114
    2 26625   6.2542 265.7326 1269666 111.7398 265.8532 13.54133930 14401
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    Alan
    -- 
    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
    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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