Decay watch: Mar 19 (MPL Delta)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 19:48:04 +0000
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Object: #25607 = 99- 1 C = Mars Polar Lander Delta 2 r1
Decay prediction:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Mar 14 14:32 Mar 23 03:32 +-5d 12.3 N 67.2 W
SpaceCom Mar 16 01:23 Mar 23 01:19 +-4d 11.5 S 149.0 E
SpaceCom Mar 19 06:49 Mar 23 06:32 +-2d 9.1 N 105.9 W
SatEvo Mar 15 21:20 Mar 23 01:00 +-2d
SatEvo Mar 16 20:45 Mar 22 21:17 +-1.5d
SatEvo Mar 19 19:30 Mar 23 03:23 +-18h 17.7 N 79.9 W
Latest elset:
MPL Delta 2 r1 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 317 x 186 km
1 25607U 99001C 99078.61143574 .02350455 -10888-4 12307-2 0 1455
2 25607 25.8302 40.0398 0098462 67.9852 293.1385 16.08338578 11644
SatEvo predicted elsets:
MPL Delta 2 r1 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 307 x 184 km
1 25607U 99001C 99079.04536020 .02570705 20957-2 11962-2 0 91457
2 25607 25.8298 36.6327 0093510 73.7592 287.2676 16.10504099 11717
MPL Delta 2 r1 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 296 x 180 km
1 25607U 99001C 99079.54054305 .02934773 28587-2 11753-2 0 91457
2 25607 25.8294 32.7312 0087338 80.3713 280.6143 16.13221034 11796
MPL Delta 2 r1 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 283 x 176 km
1 25607U 99001C 99080.03482467 .03451730 42541-2 11501-2 0 91452
2 25607 25.8289 28.8203 0080387 86.9992 273.9203 16.16361042 11871
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MPL Delta 2 r1 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 126 x 111 km
1 25607U 99001C 99082.11824682 1.05228590 12648+2 32959-3 0 91456
2 25607 25.8224 12.0176 0011431 115.4764 244.6417 16.58063974 12213
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Alan
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