Decay watch: May 22
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 22 May 1999 12:33:50 +0100
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Object: #25741 = 99- 27 B = Nimiq 1 Proton r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom May 21 08:04 May 22 23:52 +-1d 43.9 S 73.5 W
SpaceCom May 22 00:36 May 22 21:33 +-13h 51.7 N 99.2 E
SpaceCom May 22 08:49 May 22 21:04 +-8h 24.4 S 2.3 W
SatEvo May 21 19:45 May 22 23:43 +-7h 51.2 S 100.4 W
SatEvo May 22 11:25 May 22 22:50 +-3h 42.1 N 36.2 E
Latest elset:
Nimiq 1 Proton r 184 x 140 km
1 25741U 99027B 99142.33524918 .06055829 12459-4 15690-3 0 126
2 25741 51.6014 217.0992 0033541 275.3501 84.3753 16.41600676 239
SatEvo prediction:
Nimiq 1 Proton r 173 x 135 km
1 25741U 99027B 99142.51771031 .08719967 55286-1 15602-3 0 90122
2 25741 51.6006 216.0627 0029261 276.1252 83.5414 16.44354872 265
Nimiq 1 Proton r 153 x 125 km
1 25741U 99027B 99142.76042857 .17283407 25197+0 14792-3 0 90126
2 25741 51.5991 214.6761 0020890 277.1623 82.6001 16.50147777 300
Nimiq 1 Proton r 132 x 114 km
1 25741U 99027B 99142.88136385 .38149822 11446+1 15695-3 0 90120
2 25741 51.5975 213.9794 0013364 277.6834 82.1648 16.56206759 323
Nimiq 1 Proton r 106 x 98 km
1 25741U 99027B 99142.94160156 1.72340934 34555+2 28580-3 0 90120
2 25741 51.5960 213.6291 0005752 277.9454 81.9892 16.64257972 330
Note: The latest elset shows this running 1.5 seconds late against
the prediction I posted here yesterday. I put decay while northbound
following an equator crossing at 5.5 deg W at 22:36 UTC.
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Alan
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