Decay of Cosmos 2321 r

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 11 Mar 1997 21:13:53 +0000

The latest OIG elset for this decaying rocket is
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            196 x 161 km
1 23677U 95052B   97070.55979666  .03396461 -12626-5  41229-3 0  5927
2 23677  82.8910 301.0469 0026511 304.8792  55.0325 16.35142399 80849
which shows it running 6.7 seconds late with respect to the prediction I
posted yesterday.

My latest SatEvo analysis predicts decay at March 12.75 +/- 0.1d and
provides the following prediction:
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            182 x 155 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.04885145  .05065751  18721-1  34394-3 0 95928
2 23677  82.8896 300.4983 0020396 302.8329  56.9706 16.39037710 80921
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            172 x 150 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.29287316  .07041267  39506-1  28954-3 0 95928
2 23677  82.8886 300.2232 0016520 301.8069  58.0323 16.41933945 80969
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            156 x 141 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.53637020  .12557056  14592+0  24928-3 0 95923
2 23677  82.8871 299.9473 0011406 300.7778  59.1099 16.46413143 81003
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            151 x 138 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.59712411  .16142693  25563+0  24590-3 0 95923
2 23677  82.8865 299.8781 0009719 300.5199  59.3842 16.48135863 81017
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            143 x 133 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.65780523  .23424295  58111+0  25246-3 0 95922
2 23677  82.8858 299.8088 0007673 300.2616  59.6625 16.50474737 81029
Cosmos 2321 r    7.4  2.4  0.0  5.5 v            131 x 125 km
1 23677U 95052B   97071.71837828  .48749175  27761+1  30316-3 0 95926
2 23677  82.8847 299.7393 0004830 300.0026  59.9495 16.54434335 81033

Alan
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