USSTRATCOM has issued a new TLE, epoch 11266.7122320, which Satevo propagates to decay on Sep 24 about 05:40 h UTC, continuing the recent trend of ever later predictions. I have added it to the plot of recent decay predictions, along with Harro Zimmer's new prediction. http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/UARS_decay_predictions_v9b.pdf Recent decay estimates have been Sep 24, roughly between 03:00 and 06:00 UTC, but if the trend continues, it could well occur a few hours later, which would begin to bring southbound passes over North America into play. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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