Decay watch: May 9
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 9 May 1999 15:45:33 +0100
No word yet from SpaceCom on the next major decayer...
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Object: #25347 = 98- 32 F = Iridium 70 Delta 2 r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SatEvo May 9 14:25 May 15 18:00 +-1.5
Latest elset:
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 273 x 223 km
1 25347U 98032F 99129.22586806 .01015461 -13997-5 10108-2 0 4349
2 25347 84.1107 325.7619 0037651 81.4741 279.0982 16.09573129 55251
SatEvo prediction:
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 267 x 219 km
1 25347U 98032F 99130.03361903 .01198286 58167-3 10631-2 0 94341
2 25347 84.1100 325.0387 0035672 78.1358 282.2641 16.11427824 55382
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 258 x 214 km
1 25347U 98032F 99131.02645940 .01401895 81504-3 10532-2 0 94341
2 25347 84.1091 324.1469 0032977 74.0197 286.3433 16.13997868 55547
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 247 x 208 km
1 25347U 98032F 99132.01758202 .01694770 11816-2 10348-2 0 94346
2 25347 84.1080 323.2529 0029933 69.8942 290.4277 16.17050291 55704
Note: This enters eclipse in the Earth's shadow near 24 deg S latitude
at 18:30 local time while moving southwards. It leaves eclipse at about
60 deg S latitude at 06:00 local time while northbound.
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Alan
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