Decay watch: 2000 Oct 17

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 14:39:53 PDT

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    I'm having disk problems today which may mean I'm unable to make further
    Decay Watch postings, or updates of my satbase.tle file, for a few days.
    
    Meantime, I have updated my Decay Watch page with regard to the
    following Soyuz rocket from the Progress M-43 launch...
    
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    Object: #26571 = 00- 64 B = Progress M-43 Soyuz rocket
    
    Notice prepared: 2000 Oct 17 21:20 UTC
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    
    SpaceCom   Oct 17 04:46     Oct 17 10:07 +-3h        50.2 S    68.6 E
    SpaceCom   Oct 17 18:28     Oct 18 09:14 +-11h        5.8 N     0.1 W
    
    SatEvo     Oct 17 17:45     Oct 18 09:19 +-5h        23.6 S    22.2 E
    
    Latest elset:
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            197 x 168 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00291.64505116  .06680853  12345-4  88921-3 0   134
    2 26571  51.6458 353.2447 0022084  64.7501  71.5918 16.33766910   125
    
    SatEvo prediction:
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            188 x 162 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00291.86640089  .07783103  35987-1  76126-3 0 90137
    2 26571  51.6448 352.0026 0019581  65.6762 294.5280 16.36683681   160
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            184 x 160 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00291.92743698  .08528515  45318-1  74741-3 0 90139
    2 26571  51.6445 351.6590 0018783  65.9324 294.2640 16.37677561   177
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            181 x 157 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00291.98843405  .09467615  57657-1  73252-3 0 90131
    2 26571  51.6442 351.3152 0017913  66.1887 293.9989 16.38772905   188
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            177 x 155 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.04938785  .10691250  76269-1  69105-3 0 90133
    2 26571  51.6439 350.9710 0016952  66.4454 293.7325 16.39998094   197
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            173 x 152 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.11029280  .12364198  10649+0  59426-3 0 90135
    2 26571  51.6435 350.6264 0015869  66.7023 293.4646 16.41396494   209
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            167 x 148 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.17114128  .14826655  16469+0  51370-3 0 90136
    2 26571  51.6430 350.2815 0014619  66.9595 293.1945 16.43040044   219
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            161 x 144 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.23192184  .18955562  31895+0  45025-3 0 90135
    2 26571  51.6423 349.9360 0013103  67.2171 292.9212 16.45070762   229
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            152 x 138 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.29261503  .26941370  67101+0  40074-3 0 90132
    2 26571  51.6415 349.5898 0011121  67.4752 292.6424 16.47799301   239
    Progress M-43 Soyuz r                            139 x 129 km
    1 26571U 00064B   00292.35318219  .46386033  15904+1  35712-3 0 90135
    2 26571  51.6404 349.2428 0008214  67.7341 292.3530 16.52053463   243
    
    Note: This enters eclipse while northbound near 35 deg S in the 
    evening sky and leaves eclipse while southbound near 49 deg N in 
    the morning. I put decay on a southbound pass over Botswana in
    southern Africa.
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55d53m48.7s N   3d11m51.2s W      156m asl
    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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