Re: Decay of #24813 = Proton rocket

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 30 May 1997 23:32:40 +0100

I'd been hoping for fresh elsets for this decaying object before this
update, but the only one issued since my previous post is a near-repeat
of the one before - only a 0.004 second change in the equator crossing
time.

...so these predictions duplicate and extend those in my previous
message:
Telstar 5 Proton r                               167 x 159 km
1 24813U 97026B   97150.89761979  .04452897  15712-1  28368-3 0 90356
2 24813  51.5903 112.1346 0006203 286.5512  73.3805 16.40963553  1011
Telstar 5 Proton r                               162 x 155 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.08021242  .05571377  26669-1  27429-3 0 90356
2 24813  51.5898 111.0988 0005385 287.3265  72.6146 16.42776666  1040
Telstar 5 Proton r                               155 x 149 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.26257629  .07624062  53967-1  22161-3 0 90357
2 24813  51.5891 110.0612 0004419 288.1031  71.8488 16.45138862  1079
Telstar 5 Proton r                               145 x 141 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.44462335  .12903230  17507+0  18726-3 0 90352
2 24813  51.5881 109.0211 0003174 288.8816  71.0840 16.48687042  1106
Telstar 5 Proton r                               140 x 136 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.50520335  .17387558  33963+0  18379-3 0 90356
2 24813  51.5877 108.6737 0002631 289.1417  70.8298 16.50491305  1110
Telstar 5 Proton r                               132 x 130 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.56570428  .28182667  98210+0  19432-3 0 90353
2 24813  51.5870 108.3256 0001945 289.4022  70.5767 16.53129753  1125
Telstar 5 Proton r                               115 x 114 km
1 24813U 97026B   97151.62606694 1.22182850  19768+2  35419-3 0 90350
2 24813  51.5859 107.9764 0000795 289.6636  70.3277 16.59328551  1134

Alan
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