SatEvo decay list #47 (issued 1998 February 7) Here are more decay predictions together with my analyses of recent decays. As usual, the "Actual?" decay dates are my estimates based on the final available elements. Pegasus debris are included if I predict their decay by March 15. Other objects should be complete to April 15 but (for the first time) I have included a few larger and/or more interesting objects beyond that date. This and other recent decay lists are available on the WWW via my SatEvo page at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ In addition you can find current elsets (auto-updated every three hours or so) for the still-to-decay objects below, together with other objects of interest, including Mir, all of the Iridiums and recently launched/catalogued objects. Thanks to Neil Clifford, these elset files are now mirrored for anonymous FTP access from ftp://ftp.satellite.eu.org/pub/sat/mirrors/pickup/ # Designation Name ------- Decay ------- Predicted Actual? 8997 75- 4 CF Delta 1 deb January 18.5 24567 94- 29 XT STEP-2 Pegasus deb January 18 24119 94- 29 FS STEP-2 Pegasus deb January 19 25079 97- 77 C Iridium CZ-2C r January 20.51 25145 78- 16 E Atlas Centaur deb January 27? 25147 98- 4 B Soyuz TM-27 r January 31.55 22773 89- 89 AJ COBE deb February 5? 24220 94- 29 KT STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 6 25038 86- 17 MH Mir deb February 8.6 12512 81- 54 A Molniya 3-16 February 9.0 24885 97- 34 H Iridium deb February 9.4 22770 89- 89 AF COBE deb February 9? 25037 86- 17 MG Mir deb February 12 24524 94- 29 VY STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 12 22628 93- 11 F M-3S2 deb February 14 24065 94- 29 DN STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 14 25141 97- 82 G Iridium deb February 16 25036 86- 17 MF Mir deb February 22 25133 86- 17 MJ Mir deb February 23 24387 94- 29 QQ STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 26 24381 94- 29 QJ STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 27 24329 94- 29 NE STEP-2 Pegasus deb February 28 24427 94- 29 SF STEP-2 Pegasus deb March 1 25066 97- 74 D TRMM deb March 4 11055 78- 94 A Cosmos 1043 March 5 23978 94- 29 Y STEP-2 Pegasus deb March 5 25080 97- 77 D Iridium CZ-2C deb March 5 24078 94- 29 DZ STEP-2 Pegasus deb March 8 19353 70- 25 PX Thorad Agena D deb March 12 24004 94- 29 AZ STEP-2 Pegasus deb March 14 24399 94- 29 RC STEP-2 Pegasus deb March 14 18364 87- 78 F Ariane 3 deb March 15 22510 92- 93 GV SL-16 deb March 16 22774 89- 89 AK COBE deb March 27 22855 89- 89 AS COBE dev March 30 24874 97- 34 F Iridium Delta 2 r April 3 22587 93- 11 E M-3S2 deb April 6 23896 86- 17 KP Mir deb April 11 23193 94- 47 B DBS 2 Atlas Centaur r April 27 24900 97- 41 F C2345 SOZ ullage r April 24970 97- 56 F Iridium Delta 2 r May 25044 97- 69 F Iridium Delta 2 r May 12519 81- 54 E Molniya 3-16 r2 July 24649 96- 62 B Mars GS Delta 2 r July 24958 97- 58 C Sputnik-40 July 25109 97- 82 F Iridium Delta 2 r August Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | SatEvo satellite page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/