Decay watch: Mar 29 (Ir 11A S/D)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:11:37 +0100
As happens rather too often, the OIG database stalled again on Saturday
and only resumed again today.
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Object: #25580 = 98- 74 D = Iridium 11A Smart Dispenser
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Mar 23 10:26 Apr 2 10:53 +-6d 50.3 S 25.0 W
SpaceCom Mar 25 22:20 Apr 1 20:34 +-4d 5.8 S 5.8 E
SpaceCom Mar 29 04:21 Apr 2 02:50 +-2d 78.2 N 70.0 W
SatEvo Mar 23 20:40 Apr 2 00:00 +-2.5d
SatEvo Mar 25 23:40 Apr 2 00:00 +-1.5d
SatEvo Mar 29 22:00 Apr 1 23:26 +-16h 12.1 S 38.7 W
Latest elset:
Irid 11A S/D 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 d 271 x 170 km
1 25580U 98074D 99088.54290875 .02133108 -15483-5 61783-3 0 2101
2 25580 86.2977 145.4817 0076776 119.7239 241.3084 16.19755732 15718
SatEvo prediction:
Irid 11A S/D 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 d 262 x 167 km
1 25580U 98074D 99089.03682625 .02273607 20050-2 57847-3 0 92100
2 25580 86.2969 145.1992 0072277 117.5825 243.1534 16.21818840 15790
Irid 11A S/D 4.0 2.0 0.0 5.5 d 241 x 160 km
1 25580U 98074D 99090.02259023 .03131554 41247-2 55351-3 0 92107
2 25580 86.2951 144.6324 0061621 113.2871 247.3627 16.27045609 15957
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Alan
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