Decay update

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 25 Apr 1996 23:28:20 +0100

New OIG elements confirm that object #23509 = 95-  8 E (Cosmos 2306 
deb) decayed at April 24.5. The final elements for this object 
indicate that it was running only 10 seconds late with respect to 
my SatEvo predicted elements (previous "Impending decays" posting)
at April 24.02.

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Object #23803 = 96- 13 B (Polar r) is now predicted to decay at about
April 30.8. It was running 50 seconds late with respect to my earlier
SatEvo evolution at April 25.05.
The latest OIG element is:
Polar r
1 23803U 96013B   96116.43568066  .01943744  00000-0  62212-3 0  1334
2 23803  85.9024 351.1997 0183538  47.7218 314.0099 15.97371393  9539

SatEvo predicted elements:
Polar r
1 23803U 96013B   96117.06157499  .02264750  90385-3  69802-3 0 91331
2 23803  85.9014 350.8158 0172497  45.1047 316.2832 16.00106131  9638
Polar r
1 23803U 96013B   96118.06072092  .02582955  12505-2  72929-3 0 91338
2 23803  85.8996 350.1996 0153235  40.9045 320.2357 16.04932525  9791
Polar r
1 23803U 96013B   96119.05664943  .03078351  21437-2  75349-3 0 91334
2 23803  85.8975 349.5804 0131252  36.6868 324.2024 16.10527640  9956
Polar r
1 23803U 96013B   96120.04876620  .03983531  43829-2  76971-3 0 91338
2 23803  85.8950 348.9578 0104866  32.4481 328.1925 16.17427209 10116

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Early elements for the newly launched objects #23849 = 96- 23 B (Priroda 
Proton r) and #23850 = 96- 23 C (Priroda deb?) suggest that both will 
decay at about May 18.
The latest OIG elements for these are:
96- 23 B
1 23849U 96023B   96116.22787547  .00258815  11526-4  25668-3 0    79
2 23849  51.6576  29.1751 0069771  91.7300 269.1706 16.05464999   287
96- 23 C
1 23850U 96023C   96116.10364568  .00858210  10198-4  16474-2 0    64
2 23850  51.6440  30.5712 0336222 106.3055 257.5638 15.44186971   255

Alan
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