Decay watch: 2003 January 25

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 14:14:11 EST

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    Today's summary of the updates to my Decay Watch page.
    
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    Object: #18332 = 87- 73 E = Ekran 16 aux motor
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Jan 25 10:59     Jan 26 10:50 +-16h        1.1 N    67.0 W
    SatEvo     Jan 25 19:05     Jan 26 13:45 +-6h         1.1 S   114.9 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Ekran 16 aux motor                               605 x 120 km
    1 18332U 87073E   03025.69826775  .25329491  11656-4  76390-3 0  2496
    2 18332  46.6776 222.9299 0359152 349.7687  10.5113 15.68764056188230
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Ekran 16 aux motor                               294 x 114 km
    1 18332U 87073E   03026.45117779  .77756636  13733+1  98658-3 0 92494
    2 18332  46.6616 218.5317 0136698 354.1089   5.7319 16.25804925188350
    Ekran 16 aux motor                               233 x 112 km
    1 18332U 87073E   03026.51242741 1.24584052  50964+1  11316-2 0 92495
    2 18332  46.6587 218.1534 0092805 354.4824   5.4163 16.37564348188365
    
    Note: I have this decaying near the northbound equator crossing at the
    end of the final SatEvo-predicted orbit above. This places it over the
    eastern Pacific, to the SW of Mexico.
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    Object: #23174 = 94- 38 F = Cosmos 2282 aux motor
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Jan 24 21:16     Jan 24 20:31 +-27m       45.6 S   140.9 E
    SatEvo     Jan 25 18:50     Jan 24 20:42 +-30m       27.5 S   143.7 W
    
    Final elset:
    C 2282 aux motor                                 368 x 100 km
    1 23174U 94038F   03024.74632226  .92589995  11622-4  79037-3 0  9982
    2 23174  47.0186 320.0410 0202176 283.3488  74.4703 16.14759002 88858
    
    Note: I have this decaying northbound over the Pacific on the following
    SatEvo-predicted orbit:
    C 2282 aux motor                                 284 x 95 km
    1 23174U 94038F   03024.80796794 1.53919629  54674+1  85491-3 0 99989
    2 23174  47.0147 319.6671 0143807 283.7119  74.6913 16.31287914 88861
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    Alan
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