decay notices are being issued for two objects at present. The following
is a summary of the latest updates to my Decay Watch page.
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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.
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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.
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Alan
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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/
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