Decay watch: Pegsat
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 22:43:06 +0000
Pegsat (#20546 = 90- 28 A) is approaching decay and may do so about
November 14.2 (+-0.5d) by my current estimate. It has observable passes
in both the morning and evening sky from mid-northern latitudes. Pegsat
enters eclipse while northbound near 50 deg N latitude at ~05:30 local
time and leaves eclipse while southbound near 32 deg N at ~18:00 local.
The latest elset is:
Pegsat 3.0 1.1 0.0 7.4 d 216 x 207 km
1 20546U 90028A 98315.66544787 .01659722 66467-6 69670-3 0 5308
2 20546 94.0748 140.4841 0006938 165.4295 194.7203 16.23028786481643
SatEvo predicted elsets, derived as usual from an evolution
incorporating a number of recent elsets:
Pegsat 3.0 1.1 0.0 7.4 d 211 x 203 km
1 20546U 90028A 98316.03517403 .02308440 30346-2 84358-3 0 95306
2 20546 94.0743 140.7178 0006412 163.8266 196.1937 16.24744420481709
Pegsat 3.0 1.1 0.0 7.4 d 204 x 196 km
1 20546U 90028A 98316.52755556 .02880593 49464-2 84945-3 0 95300
2 20546 94.0733 141.0299 0005637 161.6857 198.3346 16.27276852481784
Pegsat 3.0 1.1 0.0 7.4 d 194 x 188 km
1 20546U 90028A 98317.01907092 .03885117 94560-2 85378-3 0 95305
2 20546 94.0721 141.3426 0004737 159.5397 200.4792 16.30549073481862
Alan
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