Decay watch: 2000 Jun 13

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 15:15:22 PDT

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    #10860 = 78- 45 A = Cosmos 1005
    
    Current decay predictions:
       SpaceCom: Jun 14 15:51 +-1d         0.3 S   172.7 E
       SatEvo:   Jun 14 18:56 +-6h        44.1 S   133.6 E
    
    Latest elset:
    Cosmos 1005      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   15       192 x 182 km
    1 10860U 78045A   00165.71291994  .05029877 -92931-6  95798-3 0  4954
    2 10860  81.1854 133.8697 0007560 205.6048 154.4827 16.31926450214650
    
    Prediction for final orbits:
    Cosmos 1005      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   15       153 x 148 km
    1 10860U 78045A   00166.62973963  .18093021  28804+0  48323-3 0 94955
    2 10860  81.1807 132.5957 0003957 201.9371 158.0459 16.45661393214802
    Cosmos 1005      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   15       146 x 142 km
    1 10860U 78045A   00166.69050207  .26219118  64382+0  43123-3 0 94959
    2 10860  81.1799 132.5101 0003354 201.6907 158.2951 16.48286073214817
    Cosmos 1005      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   15       134 x 131 km
    1 10860U 78045A   00166.75114253  .50920900  24404+1  41701-3 0 94955
    2 10860  81.1786 132.4242 0002429 201.4436 158.5462 16.52619480214823
    
    The final predicted orbit above takes it southbound over Western
    Australia to the Great Australian Bight between 18:49 and 18:53 UTC. I
    put the decay just a bit further south.
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    #11629 = 79- 99 A = Cosmos 1145
    
    Current decay predictions:
       SpaceCom: Jun 16 21:13 +-2d        65.2 S   119.3 W
       SatEvo:   Jun 16 16:49 +-16h
    
    Latest elset:
    Cosmos 1145      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   14       223 x 205 km
    1 11629U 79099A   00165.78140804  .00846344 -93464-6  37941-3 0  6173
    2 11629  81.1388 283.5983 0013692 266.0133  93.9748 16.21951810131100
    
    
    See http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ for more details.
    
    Alan
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