Re: C 2348 Soyuz-U decay update

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 22 Dec 1997 20:31:43 +0000

Just to close the book on the decay of the Cosmos 2348 Soyuz-U rocket...

The final elset from OIG for this was:
C 2348 Soyuz-U r                                 132 x 102 km
1 25096U 97080B   97354.64279487  .59326761  62467-5  18150-3 0   382
2 25096  67.1245 288.8975 0023101 124.5075 237.8860 16.58661317   814

This showed it 35 seconds early against the evolution ("9031") I'd
posted on the previous day. Decay probably occurred on this orbit at
about December 20.66 (16h UTC), possibly S-bound towards an equator
crossing at 16:08 UTC at 137 deg E (to the N of Australia).

Alan
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