I have updated my Decay Watch page with the final notice for yesterday's
decay of Iridium 9.
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Object: #24838 = 97- 30 C = Iridium 9
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SCC Mar 11 03:47 Mar 11 02:16 +-7m 1.1 N 67.4 W
SatEvo Mar 12 18:10 Mar 11 01:43 -10+40m 39.2 N 124.1 E
Final elset:
Iridium 9 tum 4.0 1.8 0.0 6.5 d 10 153 x 145 km
1 24838U 97030C 03070.00432100 .30640144 -10971-5 67398-3 0 3204
2 24838 86.4222 315.2893 0006442 225.1811 135.0798 16.46418872308010
Note: The final elset shows this running 2.4 sec late against my
previous prediction. I estimate that this decayed northbound to
the west of North Korea on the orbit after this. It is possible,
though, that it survived to decay near the next southbound equator
crossing over north-western Brazil in line with SCC's analysis.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum)
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