Raduga 33 negative obs

From: Ted Molczan (molczan@rogers.com)
Date: Thu May 06 2004 - 01:09:18 EDT

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Based on the latest elset (below), I attempted to observe Raduga 33 as it passed
through perigee at about 90 km altitude, while in shadow. It did not appear.

1 23794U 96010A   04127.11516133 1.00000000  68013-5  16461-2 0  5222
2 23794  47.7807 115.7667 0610086 103.5368 263.4182 15.19390511 72336

I observed on 2004 May 06, between 04:33 UTC and 04:49 UTC, at azimuth 16 deg,
elevation 9.6 deg. Limiting magnitude was about 6.

USSTRATCOM's latest decay estimate is 2004 May 06 at 06:19:00 UTC, at 41.2 N,
75.7 W.

Ted Molczan


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