Re: Decay update: #11758 = Cosmos 1172

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 25 Dec 1997 17:45:35 +0000

The latest elset from OIG ...
Cosmos 1172                                      2170 x 73 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.59769289  .99999999  56488-5  72115-3 0  2101
2 11758  61.7621 107.4593 1398121 250.4132  95.0545 13.36694764130380
...shows it running 120 seconds late on my previous ("9205") evolution.

My latest re-entry estimate is for about December 26.21 (~05h +-2
hours). New prediction:

Cosmos 1172                                      2013 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.67182938 1.30922350  47393+0  95918-3 0 92006
2 11758  61.7977 107.3085 1304717 249.7577  95.7618 13.57661046130390
Cosmos 1172                                      1869 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.74514591 1.42506029  59030+0  99970-3 0 92005
2 11758  61.7893 107.0952 1219462 249.7841  96.7062 13.77675263130407
Cosmos 1172                                      1717 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.81737897 1.57096916  76101+0  10490-2 0 92001
2 11758  61.7803 106.8785 1127946 249.8111  97.7179 13.99270099130418
Cosmos 1172                                      1556 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.88847406 1.76201630  10286+1  11114-2 0 92005
2 11758  61.7706 106.6578 1028361 249.8387  98.8160 14.22896358130426
Cosmos 1172                                      1382 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97359.95835863 1.99146047  12261+1  11742-2 0 92004
2 11758  61.7598 106.4329 0918601 249.8671 100.0231 14.49087611130436
Cosmos 1172                                      1193 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97360.02694703 2.31290596  19293+1  12563-2 0 92000
2 11758  61.7477 106.2029 0796334 249.8962 101.3637 14.78445497130444
Cosmos 1172                                      980 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97360.09412446 2.84367834  35623+1  13848-2 0 92009
2 11758  61.7337 105.9670 0654527 249.9264 102.9130 15.12738215130458
Cosmos 1172                                      722 x 76 km
1 11758U 80028A   97360.15969510 3.99784248  12496+2  16087-2 0 92006
2 11758  61.7158 105.7237 0476556 249.9577 104.8504 15.56254778130469

Alan
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