SpaceCom has posted the first decay notice for an Iridium satellite... _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #25470 = 98- 51 D = Iridium 79 Decay predictions: Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude UTC UTC deg deg SpaceCom Nov 25 11:52 Nov 29 12:19 +-2d 18.9 S 35.5 E SatEvo Nov 25 17:00 Nov 29 10:54 +-1d Latest elset: Iridium 79 tum 4.0 1.8 0.0 6.0 d 6.0 263 x 245 km 1 25470U 98051D 00330.62233506 .01864337 26750-2 24565-2 0 8564 2 25470 85.9795 291.4968 0013073 128.7716 231.4748 16.07378517123749 SatEvo prediction: (see my Decay Watch page) Note: This enters eclipse while northbound near 77 deg N at ~16:00 local time and leaves eclipse southbound near 36 deg S at ~03:00. _____________________________________________________________________ Alan -- Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ * ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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