Decay update
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 28 May 1996 22:09:07 +0100
I calculate that object #13786 = 83- 6 B (N-2 R1) decayed at about May
27.05. The final five OIG elements show it running within 30s of the
prediction in my previous update.
The final OIG element is:
83- 6 B
1 13786U 83006B 96147.85943431 .15080380 -78564-5 52536-3 0 6639
2 13786 28.3681 141.2701 0037249 282.2390 77.6983 16.39760426357135
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Object #23459 = 94- 87 E (SL-12 R aux motor) decayed at about
May 27.15. My SatEvo prediction was less satisfactory, with
the object running 22 minutes early by my final predicted epoch.
Its final OIG element is:
94- 87 E
1 23459U 94087E 96148.11198461 .93961242 88038-5 66589-3 0 9423
2 23459 46.2485 102.4452 0140166 173.5367 187.6940 16.29924800 26860
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Even less satisfactory is my SatEvo decay list #6 prediction that object
#18978 = 63- 14 DR (Westford Needles deb) would decay at May 27.5. It is
still up there, with decay now postponed until May 30.
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A trawl through potential decay candidates I had not been monitoring
until now suggests that object #23660 = 95- 45 E (another SL-12 R aux
motor, from last August's Cosmos 2319 launch) may decay on about June 8.
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The same trawl yielded one object we all missed. #23684 = 95- 54 E (yet
another SL-12 R aux motor, this one from last October's LUCH 1 launch)
decayed while our backs were turned at about May 20.2. The final four
OIG elements make interesting reading for aficionados of high drag
rates; the tle format does not support ndots (or MMDOT, if you prefer)
of more than 0.99999999:
95- 54 E
1 23684U 95054E 96139.31189277 .59188470 20001-4 24615-2 0 1858
2 23684 46.7493 195.2694 2509990 77.6426 309.1751 10.79455040 5736
95- 54 E
1 23684U 95054E 96140.81625857 .99999999 33398-4 30729-2 0 1894
2 23684 46.7813 190.3232 1292902 83.2529 301.7118 13.54598379 5907
95- 54 E
1 23684U 95054E 96140.88714889 .99999999 33279-4 23033-2 0 1916
2 23684 46.7618 190.0432 1207520 83.5951 290.0836 13.75169614 5921
95- 54 E
1 23684U 95054E 96141.16914625 .99999999 95185-5 24383-2 0 1934
2 23684 46.7227 188.6447 0540023 86.3314 327.3790 15.35953657 5960
95- 54 E
1 23684U 95054E 96141.16064515 .99999999 10193-4 32789-2 0 1943
2 23684 46.7495 188.7828 0611178 80.0677 286.8587 15.14857796 5950
Alan
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