Decay watch: 2002 June 7

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jun 06 2002 - 15:34:30 EDT


SpaceCom has posted the first notices for the decay of #26896, a Cosmos 
2379 aux motor. Check my Decay Watch page for more details and predicted 
elsets.
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Object: #26896 = 01- 37 E = Cosmos 2379 aux motor

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
SpaceCom   Jun  5 22:54     Jun  7 22:27 +-2d        29.1 N    51.3 E
SatEvo     Jun  6 19:15     Jun  7 20:37 +-10h       20.1 N    89.7 E

Latest elset:
Cosmos 2379 aux motor                            2020 x 103 km
1 26896U 01037E   02157.73425111  .66069039  11399-4  18315-2 0  3755
2 26896  47.1117 140.2085 1288449 143.0601 227.3108 13.53003074  9632

SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
(..ends)
Cosmos 2379 aux motor                            543 x 89 km
1 26896U 01037E   02158.77195902 2.99601296  76218+1  20156-2 0 93737
2 26896  47.0094 135.3430 0339464 148.1697 213.9269 15.85064029  9787
Cosmos 2379 aux motor                            235 x 85 km
1 26896U 01037E   02158.83382679 9.99999999  50000+2  31495-2 0 93730
2 26896  46.9977 134.9749 0114592 148.5274 212.1632 16.42138281  9793

Note: I show this decaying over the Bay of Bengal following a pass over
Europe (and the Pakistan-Kashmir border!). It passes close to Bordeaux,
France, at 20:18 on the 7th, and Budapest, Hungary, at 20:22.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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