Re: Decay watch: May 16 (Delta 2 post-mortem)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 16 May 1999 19:37:57 +0100
SpaceCom's final notice for this decay has appeared. No new elsets
(yet) or change to my own conclusion.
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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
SpaceCom May 12 19:49 May 15 18:13 +-2d 60.8 S 163.8 E
SpaceCom May 13 13:36 May 15 13:25 +-9h 19.8 S 69.2 E
SpaceCom May 14 15:01 May 15 15:25 +-15h 26.7 S 146.2 W
SpaceCom May 15 05:28 May 15 15:48 +-7h 63.7 N 136.7 W
SpaceCom May 15 09:26 May 15 15:47 +-5h 61.4 N 137.8 W
SpaceCom May 15 13:25 May 15 15:38 +-2h 23.6 N 143.8 W
SpaceCom May 15 16:06 May 15 15:38 +-53m 24.9 N 143.7 W
SatEvo May 9 14:25 May 15 18:00 +-1.5d
SatEvo May 12 18:20 May 15 17:42 +-15h
SatEvo May 13 19:20 May 15 11:41 +-9h 30.0 N 88.7 E
SatEvo May 14 18:50 May 15 11:49 +-5h 0.0 90.1 E
SatEvo May 15 10:30 May 15 14:05 +-2h 16.1 N 122.4 W
SatEvo May 16 08:00 May 15 14:24 +-30m 82.1 N 3.5 E
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Alan
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