Re: Decay watch: Molniya 3-16

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 8 Feb 1998 23:48:15 +0000

The latest elset ...
Molniya 3-16                                     2622 x 81 km
1 12512U 81054A   98039.76264936  .69861601  17795-4  83520-3 0  1343
2 12512  62.1514  80.7092 1643147 274.0403  67.7381 12.77544439124368
... has it 24 seconds early against the "9128" evolution I posted
earlier today.

My latest evolution (decay still about February 10.0):
Molniya 3-16                                     2536 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98039.84064346  .74274646  12500+0  73237-3 0 91345
2 12512  62.1467  80.5119 1598675 274.0596  67.8977 12.88633221124374
Molniya 3-16                                     2443 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98039.91801322  .77355194  14023+0  74540-3 0 91347
2 12512  62.1402  80.3126 1547780 274.0791  68.4443 13.00360345124382
Molniya 3-16                                     2349 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98039.99468080  .80778810  15870+0  75975-3 0 91347
2 12512  62.1335  80.1115 1495350 274.0990  69.0082 13.12478896124390
Molniya 3-16                                     2253 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98040.07063552  .84612677  17832+0  77581-3 0 91340
2 12512  62.1283  79.9085 1441194 274.1191  69.5920 13.25035027124402
Molniya 3-16                                     2155 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98040.14586488  .88942592  20602+0  79391-3 0 91342
2 12512  62.1211  79.7034 1385092 274.1395  70.1976 13.38084081124413
Molniya 3-16                                     2054 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98040.22035418  .93879848  23646+0  81428-3 0 91347
2 12512  62.1154  79.4962 1326778 274.1602  70.8288 13.51693380124420
Molniya 3-16                                     1950 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98040.29408617  .99575804  28122+0  83751-3 0 91345
2 12512  62.1076  79.2868 1265917 274.1812  71.4887 13.65946093124436
Molniya 3-16                                     1843 x 78 km
1 12512U 81054A   98040.36704030 1.06240225  33284+0  86454-3 0 91344
2 12512  62.1013  79.0749 1202083 274.2026  72.1823 13.80946992124440

Alan
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