Decay watch: 2003 January 19

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 11:01:21 EST

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    A summary of today's update to my Decay Watch page.
    
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    Object: #19190 = 88- 44 B = Molniya 3-32 r2
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Jan 19 07:51     Jan 19 19:50 +-7h        47.7 S    29.2 W
    SatEvo     Jan 19 15:25     Jan 19 21:23 +-5h        54.0 S    64.7 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Molniya 3-32 r2                                  1022 x 80 km
    1 19190U 88044B   03019.57866047  .99999999  65690-5  64925-3 0  4593
    2 19190  62.1754  62.3169 0680130 268.5820  83.8529 15.05187120107073
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Molniya 3-32 r2                                  591 x 79 km
    1 19190U 88044B   03019.83903941 1.93357737  29607+1  86477-3 0 94554
    2 19190  62.1242  61.3509 0381041 268.1579  87.4750 15.78369650107119
    Molniya 3-32 r2                                  430 x 78 km
    1 19190U 88044B   03019.90208153 2.83402384  88657+1  96602-3 0 94555
    2 19190  62.1155  61.0999 0265513 268.1829  88.7747 16.07386617107121
    
    Note: The prediction continues to be very uncertain. I suspect that
    this may decay following perigee on the penultimate of the predicted
    orbits, in the vicinity of Tierra del Fuego at the S tip of S
    America.
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    Object: #26746 = 01- 15 B = GSAT-1 GSLV rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Jan 18 14:56     Jan 18 10:53 +-10h       13.1 S    77.7 E
    SatEvo     Jan 18 17:05     Jan 18 10:13 +-5h        19.1 N    47.3 W
    
    Final elset:
    GSAT-1 GSLV r                                    1130 x 105 km
    1 26746U 01015B   03017.74759259  .57557540 -14255-4  11764-2 0    05
    2 26746  18.9901 140.6164 0733061  58.5613 202.9477 14.83814429 24196
    
    Note: I have this decaying near perigee soon after the end of the
    following predicted orbit.
    GSAT-1 GSLV r                                    371 x 93 km
    1 26746U 01015B   03018.35027150 2.81485443  11945+2  16983-2 0 90008
    2 26746  18.9733 136.1292 0210400  66.7963 295.4060 16.15564632 24287
    This puts near northern apex, eastbound over the Atlantic between
    Puerto Rica and the Cape Verde Islands.
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    Object: #26929 = 01- 43 A = Starshine 3
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Jan 19 13:06     Jan 21 06:37 +-1d        40.1 N   140.0 W
    SatEvo     Jan 19 15:45     Jan 21 02:41 +-10h        7.2 S    74.8 E
    
    Latest elset:
    Starshine 3      0.5  0.0  0.0  9.5 d 0.73       201 x 194 km
    1 26929U 01043A   03019.55445255  .03088813  61201-5  80751-3 0  7015
    2 26929  67.0157  63.6609 0005938 317.5384  42.5357 16.28212614 74079
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    
    Note: I show the decay drifting earlier over recent days.
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    Alan
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