Decay watch: Dec 26 (C 2367 r)
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 26 Dec 1999 22:55:59 +0000
As John Corby has pointed out, today's new Cosmos cannot be Cosmos 2361
as SpaceCom/OIG are (still) reporting. Instead, if it is a Cosmos, it
must be Cosmos 2367. The "2361" did look familiar, to the extent that I
double- checked the designation in OIG's "Catalog Action Report" - I
just didn't check my own satbase :(
The later elsets imply that the drag was overstated in the elset for
99360.58 I reported earlier and indicate that this lasted longer than I
had predicted. The latest elset, probably the final one, is:
Cosmos 2367 r 2.5 2.0 0.0 6.0 d 5 156 x 98 km
1 26041U 99072B 99360.81953079 .99999999 79291-5 51284-3 0 99
2 26041 64.9716 247.4545 0044358 81.2445 279.4466 16.54689394 88
Although SpaceCom has yet to publish its post-decay notice, I am sure
that this decayed on this orbit. It suspect that it survived the perigee
but may have re-entered in the vicinity of the following southbound
equator crossing over Africa. That orbit took it NW of San Francisco at
19:50 UTC, SW of Spokane, Washington, at 19:53 and over N Hudson Bay at
19:58. Its final minutes may have taken it over Ireland at 20:08 and SE
over France from 20:10 to 20:12. I put decay at Dec 26 20:23 near the
equator crossing at 26.7 deg E.
Alan
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