Re: High orbit satellite

From: Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 12:31:54 PST

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Tony Beresford posted: 

>1 05941U 72029A   00059.80000000  .00000000  +0000-0 +00000-0 0  0001
>2 05941 062.7017 350.6869 7719220 002.4567 169.3679 00.241959489   00
 
This is matched by Astron: 

1 13901U 83020A   00053.96965560 +.00000000 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 09755
2 13901 063.9530 350.7540 7727767 001.6690 022.7460 00.24352918021076
 
These orbits fluctuate wildly in eccentricity and inclination over
a period of years.  My "int2" program indicates that all of the
Prognoz objects have decayed because their eccentricity increased
until the perigee height was negative.

Mike McCants

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