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... _____________________________________________________________________ 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. _____________________________________________________________________ Alan -- 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/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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