Re: Decay watch: Cosmos 2358 & 2359 Soyuz rockets
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 19:44:12 +0100
The latest elsets for these decaying rockets are:
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 244 x 151 km
1 25374U 98038B 98178.66825496 .04906349 60295-5 44422-3 0 271
2 25374 67.1225 166.7940 0071046 92.1828 268.8150 16.28085520 475
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 235 x 174 km
1 25377U 98039B 98178.61419158 .02896108 74322-5 71445-3 0 229
2 25377 64.9232 151.8679 0046402 56.6341 303.9272 16.25528062 339
These put them 26 and 19 seconds late respectively against the
predictions I posted yesterday.
I now predict the decay of the Cosmos 2358 rocket at about June 28.7
(17:15 UTC +-5h). SatEvo elsets:
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 224 x 148 km
1 25374U 98038B 98179.03633332 .06989762 25556-1 45572-3 0 90274
2 25374 67.1211 165.5093 0057265 91.7792 268.8767 16.32435057 538
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 205 x 145 km
1 25374U 98038B 98179.28110524 .09827306 58766-1 44398-3 0 90276
2 25374 67.1197 164.6498 0045863 91.5093 269.0161 16.36457493 570
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 178 x 138 km
1 25374U 98038B 98179.52512220 .18622273 24078+0 41981-3 0 90270
2 25374 67.1177 163.7868 0030515 91.2384 269.1112 16.42903205 613
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 154 x 129 km
1 25374U 98038B 98179.64665191 .39626389 12890+1 41814-3 0 90279
2 25374 67.1158 163.3531 0018636 91.1023 269.1112 16.49260054 631
C 2358 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 124 x 114 km
1 25374U 98038B 98179.70715328 1.60744656 21752+2 59754-3 0 90277
2 25374 67.1141 163.1350 0007491 91.0340 269.0518 16.57850767 643
The Cosmos 2359 Soyuz may decay at June 29.5 +-0.4d. Prediction:
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 224 x 171 km
1 25377U 98039B 98179.04449717 .03431505 62044-2 69996-3 0 90220
2 25377 64.9223 150.2385 0040739 56.4384 303.9499 16.28141326 404
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 209 x 165 km
1 25377U 98039B 98179.53531810 .04803214 13873-1 71211-3 0 90229
2 25377 64.9210 148.3712 0033119 56.2143 304.1006 16.32095253 484
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 186 x 155 km
1 25377U 98039B 98180.02466978 .08733165 53577-1 63967-3 0 90222
2 25377 64.9189 146.4963 0023147 55.9896 304.2300 16.38296097 569
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 166 x 145 km
1 25377U 98039B 98180.26845598 .15628197 17935+0 43238-3 0 90228
2 25377 64.9172 145.5543 0016006 55.8768 304.2749 16.43905309 609
C 2359 Soyuz r 6.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 134 x 125 km
1 25377U 98039B 98180.45051971 .57191638 33309+1 36795-3 0 90228
2 25377 64.9144 144.8438 0006878 55.7919 304.2732 16.53640726 631
Alan
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