Decay watch: May 12 (Iridium 70 Delta 2 r)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 12 May 1999 19:33:21 +0100
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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
SpaceCom May 11 17:34 May 15 18:01 +-2d 18.5 S 124.9 E
SatEvo May 9 14:25 May 15 18:00 +-1.5d
SatEvo May 12 18:20 May 15 17:42 +-15h
Latest elset:
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 238 x 205 km
1 25347U 98032F 99132.63592052 .01774316 -14143-5 93371-3 0 4516
2 25347 84.1113 322.7046 0025583 67.1373 293.2626 16.19302967 55807
SatEvo prediction:
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 233 x 201 km
1 25347U 98032F 99133.00651219 .02137542 21285-2 10032-2 0 94516
2 25347 84.1108 322.3682 0024323 65.5844 294.6692 16.20852744 55868
Iridm 70 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 216 x 189 km
1 25347U 98032F 99134.05445677 .03175751 51524-2 97075-3 0 94518
2 25347 84.1088 321.4123 0020092 61.1723 299.0293 16.26260303 56038
Note: The latest elset shows this running 10 seconds early against the
evolution I posted here three days ago.
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Alan
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