decay notices are being issued for two objects at present. The following is a summary of the latest updates to my Decay Watch page. _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #27485 = 92- 41 F = Insat 2A Ariane 44L debris F Decay predictions: Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude UTC UTC deg deg SCC Mar 15 19:30 Mar 18 19:39 +-2d 6.5 N 87.2 E SatEvo Mar 16 10:10 Mar 18 21:14 +-21h Latest elset: Insat 2A Ariane 44L deb F 1872 x 149 km 1 27485U 92041F 03075.19799889 .23841712 -19608-4 11104-1 0 2096 2 27485 7.2315 147.1498 1165837 349.4092 8.4125 13.66952003 15788 SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page. Note: The reported Radar Cross Section for this debris object is 2.2 m^2. This enters eclipse at a height of about 270 km while northbound near 5.2 deg S in the evening. eclipse exit occurs at about 1,000 km near northern apex (7.3 deg N) at ~04h local time. The predicted elsets are very uncertain. _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #27645 = 03- 2 D = ICESat Delta rocket Decay predictions: Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude UTC UTC deg deg SCC Mar 15 20:32 Mar 18 20:53 +-2d 57.3 N 120.2 E SatEvo Mar 16 10:25 Mar 18 14:32 +-15h Latest elset: ICESat Delta r 7.0 2.0 0.0 5.0 d 14 255 x 181 km 1 27645U 03002D 03075.34252602 .02723367 24350-5 97395-3 0 1366 2 27645 97.5160 257.2368 0056002 207.3049 152.5523 16.20704120 9820 SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page. Note: This is sunlit all around its orbit, being best placed at mid- to high-northern latitudes in the morning twilight. _____________________________________________________________________ Alan -- Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum) Edinburgh / SatEvo Home Page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ * ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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