I returned from my trip to find the Gorizont 32 aux motor decayed and two more decayers from today's Cosmos 2370 launch. #23887 = 96- 34 F = Gorizont 32 aux motor SpaceCom's final notice for this gives the decay at Mar 12 16:19 UTC +-1m at 24.2 N, 132.3 W. I get Mar 12 16:13 +-10m at 23.1 N, 133.7 W, in good agreement. The final elset... Gorizont 32 aux motor 211 x 100 km 1 23887U 96034F 00072.67905753 .84908156 12502-4 44392-3 0 3760 2 23887 46.3029 256.2387 0084548 12.2999 40.0181 16.43879877 77747 ...has it running only 45 seconds early against the SatEvo prediction I had made almost 3 days earlier. In the meantime the orbital period had fallen from 96.3 to 87.6 minutes. The epoch time of the above elset (16:18 UTC), suggests that SpaceCom may have secured a fix during the reentry. #26099 = 00- 13 B = Cosmos 2370 Proton rocket I predict this decay for Mar 13 22:19 +-6h near 15.7 S, 72.1 E while SpaceCom's latest notice, issued at 11:23 UTC today, predicts this for Mar 14 09:40 +-1d at 45.7 S, 146.1 E. This enters eclipse while southbound near 43 deg S at ~19:00 local time, with eclipse exit while northbound at 17 deg N and 05:00 local time. I show this decaying on the approach to a northbound equator crossing to the SE of India near the end of the final predicted orbit... C 2370 Proton r 132 x 129 km 1 26099U 00013B 00073.87284145 .37341676 96313+0 24936-3 0 90051 2 26099 51.6284 231.8040 0001768 318.7350 41.2516 16.53343481 288 Earlier that rev it crosses SE over the SW USA from N California at 21:27 UTC to Phoenix, Arizona, at 21:30, then onwards over Mexico. #26100 = 00- 13 C = Cosmos 2370 Proton platform I show this decay at Mar 13 01:21 +-2h near 28.4 S, 109.6 W over the SE Pacific following a pass to the E of Hawaii at 01:05 UTC. SpaceCom's decay notice, posted at 12:47 UTC predicts the decay for Mar 12 23:39 +-7h at 31.1 N. 135.9 W. My prediction for the final elset: C 2370 Proton platform 142 x 139 km 1 26100U 00013C 00073.01975127 .61620408 39653+1 77138-3 0 90065 2 26100 51.6180 236.6455 0002491 66.2338 293.7923 16.49544580 143 More details at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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