Decay watch: 2000 Mar 16

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 10:18:40 PST

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    #25965 = 99- 62 E = Globalstar 29 Soyuz r1
    
    SpaceCom has issued the first decay notice for this, predicting its
    decay for Mar 19 18:07 UTC +-2d near 7.4 N, 171.0 W. My own analysis
    gives a similar time of Mar 19 22:23 +-20h.
    
    This may be a spectacular fast and bright object as it emerges from
    eclipse while southbound near 43 deg N latitude in the morning sky. At
    that time it is only ~181 km high on its way to perigee. Eclipse entry
    occurs while northbound in the evening at about 15 deg S latitude.
    
    The latest elset is:
    Globlstr 29 r1   6.0  3.0  0.0  4.5 d   15       317 x 177 km
    1 25965U 99062E   00076.45992446  .02411895  11589-4  10130-2 0  2098
    2 25965  51.9352 121.1861 0105392 119.7953 241.3548 16.09934128 17670
    
    You can find predicted elsets on my Decay Watch page at 
                http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
    
    
    Alan
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