Decay watch: Interbol/Magion rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 20:27:29 +0100
The current elset for this bright decayer ...
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 239 x 185 km
1 24294U 96050D 98204.35201100 .01791197 85588-5 60589-3 0 7933
2 24294 62.7196 85.6084 0041160 249.4855 110.1900 16.22718158105610
... has it running 23 seconds early against the orbital evolution I
posted here two days ago. A new fit has decay at July 26.2 +-0.6 day.
Predicted elsets:
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 228 x 181 km
1 24294U 96050D 98205.02925684 .02380991 29673-2 64909-3 0 97934
2 24294 62.7187 82.8454 0035912 249.6375 109.9763 16.25630969105728
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 218 x 177 km
1 24294U 96050D 98205.52098389 .02938582 47913-2 65322-3 0 97934
2 24294 62.7178 80.8313 0031560 249.7485 109.9120 16.28224781105808
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 206 x 171 km
1 24294U 96050D 98206.01183119 .03918452 91549-2 65607-3 0 97930
2 24294 62.7168 78.8123 0026512 249.8598 109.8548 16.31538578105887
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 198 x 167 km
1 24294U 96050D 98206.25684095 .04761381 14274-1 65582-3 0 97934
2 24294 62.7160 77.8005 0023592 249.9157 109.8302 16.33650233105922
IBol 2 Molniya r 2.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 v 189 x 162 km
1 24294U 96050D 98206.50149886 .06152302 24914-1 65231-3 0 97938
2 24294 62.7152 76.7867 0020260 249.9718 109.8100 16.36288155105962
Alan
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