Re: Decay watch: Cosmos 2358 & 2359 Soyuz rockets

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 28 Jun 1998 23:13:37 +0100

Earlier today I predicted the decay of Cosmos 2358 Soyuz rocket at about
June 28.72 (17:20 UTC) and reported that the Cosmos 2359 Soyuz was
running 0.7 second early against the prediction I had issued yesterday.

Since the OIG elset database appears to have been been frozen since
about 09:00 UTC today, I've had no further information to go on. Decay
is still expected at June 29.5 (12:00 UTC +-6h). Predicted elsets:
C 2359 Soyuz r   6.0  2.0  0.0  5.0 d            187 x 155 km
1 25377U 98039B   98180.02469714  .08439240  48693-1  63147-3 0 90278
2 25377  64.9251 146.4960 0023772  56.7481 303.4793 16.38100731   565
C 2359 Soyuz r   6.0  2.0  0.0  5.0 d            173 x 149 km
1 25377U 98039B   98180.20764772  .12353614  10180+0  48061-3 0 90271
2 25377  64.9239 145.7902 0018765  56.6633 303.5162 16.41821126   599
C 2359 Soyuz r   6.0  2.0  0.0  5.0 d            152 x 137 km
1 25377U 98039B   98180.39006990  .25063911  56240+0  36023-3 0 90276
2 25377  64.9218 145.0817 0011820  56.5782 303.5348 16.48030436   626
C 2359 Soyuz r   6.0  2.0  0.0  5.0 d            140 x 129 km
1 25377U 98039B   98180.45068215  .43029469  20277+1  35010-3 0 90278
2 25377  64.9206 144.8445 0008312  56.5497 303.5297 16.51933816   634

Alan
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