Decay of Cosmos 2053
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:06:23 +0100
Cosmos 2053 will decay at about September 2.25, according to my latest
SatEvo analysis of its published orbits ober the past 0.8 day.
The latest elset from OIG is:
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 168 x 156 km
1 20389U 89100A 97244.76340389 .04275780 22841-5 25267-3 0 7590
2 20389 73.4811 228.0869 0009389 245.5963 114.5538 16.41326543434773
My prediction through to decay runs...
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 162 x 155 km
1 20389U 89100A 97244.82428241 .07321521 45390-1 35458-3 0 97557
2 20389 73.4721 227.9287 0005478 242.1838 117.7606 16.42697160434783
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 160 x 153 km
1 20389U 89100A 97244.88516945 .08273457 59621-1 32658-3 0 97558
2 20389 73.4718 227.7703 0005072 242.0181 117.9305 16.43643983434794
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 156 x 150 km
1 20389U 89100A 97244.94601914 .09560375 82244-1 30190-3 0 97551
2 20389 73.4714 227.6118 0004630 241.8523 118.1009 16.44724852434807
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 153 x 147 km
1 20389U 89100A 97245.00682573 .11410594 12174+0 28093-3 0 97551
2 20389 73.4710 227.4531 0004142 241.6862 118.2720 16.45992486434815
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 148 x 144 km
1 20389U 89100A 97245.06758084 .14332101 20123+0 26476-3 0 97554
2 20389 73.4705 227.2943 0003588 241.5200 118.4438 16.47541285434820
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 142 x 139 km
1 20389U 89100A 97245.12827115 .19753305 40537+0 25677-3 0 97554
2 20389 73.4699 227.1352 0002933 241.3536 118.6169 16.49570730434831
Cosmos 2053 4.0 2.0 0.0 6.2 d 134 x 131 km
1 20389U 89100A 97245.18887088 .34093462 12990+1 27195-3 0 97553
2 20389 73.4690 226.9758 0002081 241.1869 118.7922 16.52661087434849
Updated elsets for this and other decaying objects are available via my
SatEvo WWW page (URL below).
Alan
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