Cosmos 2343 de-orbited?

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 19 Sep 1997 19:17:02 +0100

The Russian reconnaissance satellite Cosmos 2343 (97- 24 A), launched on
May 15, appears to have been de-orbited yesterday, September 18.

The latest (final?) elsets from OIG are:
Cosmos 2343      6.0  0.0  0.0  4.0 d            284 x 224 km
1 24805U 97024A   97259.77916667  .00239161  33468-4  25841-3 0  2965
2 24805  64.8481 355.1740 0045168 110.5666 252.1538 16.07433468 19936
Cosmos 2343      6.0  0.0  0.0  4.0 d            217 x 182 km
1 24805U 97024A   97261.38908533  .14023322  73967-5  34948-2 0  2992
2 24805  64.7650 349.4118 0026463 103.6203 256.7926 16.27575160 20183

Alan
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