Re: Cosmos 398
Josh R. Williams (sponge@rocco.nebula.org)
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:57:52 -0500 (EST)
Any estimates on when it will decay? If not I will do them myself... I
just need to know a couple things (call me stupid:)) At what altitude
does the Satellite begin to burn up? And how bright are they usually?
When the come in that is....
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Josh R. Williams Latitude: 41 deg 59' 29" N
E-Mail: sponge@nebula.org Longitude: 83 deg 27' 41" W
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On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Programer wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Josh R. Williams wrote:
>
> > Anyone else out there in Seesat-L world seen Cosmos 398? It is Norad
> > number #04966, and I must tell you it was really bright, I put it at Mag
> > 1 to 0.... I couldn't believe I was looking at it... SO I checked my
> > charts and that was the only thing that was supposed to be there... :) I
> > was truly amazed because I have it down on my list as being Mag. +2 on a
> > good pass, so I must have gotten lucky....
>
> hmm that does seem a bit brighter than normal for C* 398. But it is
> decaying so maybe its gotten a bit lower and etc...
>
> 1 04966U 71016A 95211.84994501 .00109508 89604-5 10419-3 0 9553
> 2 04966 51.4121 23.6744 0518246 245.1147 109.5116 15.11192231831761
> 1 04966U 71016A 95262.07903445 .00302135 10061-4 21378-3 0 54
> 2 04966 51.3937 143.5083 0430048 67.0140 297.5488 15.33982379839403
> 1 04966U 71016A 95315.86130585 .00374909 10708-4 14295-3 0 974
> 2 04966 51.3811 232.0234 0241177 273.5410 83.8055 15.82313610847789
>
> it looks like it's going to reenter relativly soon, maybe someone can do
> a reentry estimate on C* 398?
>
> It might be cool to see the failed Russian Lunar Lander burn up some 24
> years later :)
>
> Marek
> progrmer@tiac.net
> http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~progrmer
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