Re: Decay watch: Molniya 3-16

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 4 Feb 1998 23:16:25 +0000

The following additional elset from OIG...

Molniya 3-16                                     8739 x 76 km
1 12512U 81054A   98035.66676676  .49476356  51589-5  11572-2 0   787
2 12512  62.1559  87.6399 4015400 272.9881  44.1066  7.75095258123942

...has it 11 seconds late against the "9077" evolution I posted earlier
this UK evening.

New prediction for the next few hours:
Molniya 3-16                                     8164 x 82 km
1 12512U 81054A   98035.91960121  .61903933  61995-1  18780-2 0 90781
2 12512  62.1559  87.3652 3847968 273.0148  44.6955  8.06803130123965
Molniya 3-16                                     7899 x 82 km
1 12512U 81054A   98036.04264553  .64292787  67579-1  18875-2 0 90782
2 12512  62.1558  87.2254 3769306 273.0284  45.4931  8.22326579123970
Molniya 3-16                                     7637 x 82 km
1 12512U 81054A   98036.16337142  .66856764  73982-1  18991-2 0 90787
2 12512  62.1558  87.0839 3689607 273.0422  46.3043  8.38155013123981
Molniya 3-16                                     7378 x 82 km
1 12512U 81054A   98036.28182070  .69616604  81380-1  19129-2 0 90783
2 12512  62.1558  86.9407 3608753 273.0561  47.1304  8.54315045123998
Molniya 3-16                                     7121 x 82 km
1 12512U 81054A   98036.39803163  .72596139  89991-1  19290-2 0 90787
2 12512  62.1558  86.7958 3526620 273.0702  47.9728  8.70836097124000

Alan
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