Decay watch: Iridium 19 Delta 2 rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 22:37:50 +0100
The latest elset for this decayer ...
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 212 x 176 km
1 24970U 97056F 98106.62504250 .02801785 -13533-5 59972-3 0 2762
2 24970 83.5856 264.5090 0027239 282.3990 77.4318 16.29588933 31638
... is 11 seconds late against the SatEvo "9270" evolution I posted
yesterday. The predicted decay continues to slip and now stands at April
17.94 +-0.25d. Given the recent trend, I would not be surprised to see
the decay slip into April 18 UTC.
Predicted elsets:
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 198 x 169 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.05437946 .05014280 15669-1 76006-3 0 92769
2 24970 83.5844 264.0776 0022361 280.5890 79.1592 16.33451891 31709
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 188 x 163 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.29924180 .06584239 29007-1 75999-3 0 92764
2 24970 83.5833 263.8304 0019026 279.5519 80.2332 16.36253301 31749
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 175 x 156 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.54361489 .09877535 62584-1 63173-3 0 92764
2 24970 83.5820 263.5824 0014976 278.5120 81.3183 16.40160502 31780
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 154 x 142 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.78724416 .20393209 34790+0 39178-3 0 92761
2 24970 83.5796 263.3334 0009326 277.4680 82.4261 16.46837540 31821
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 145 x 135 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.84796349 .29921724 84753+0 36063-3 0 92764
2 24970 83.5786 263.2709 0007263 277.2059 82.7116 16.49807204 31831
Iridm 19 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 129 x 123 km
1 24970U 97056F 98107.90854385 .67184336 56201+1 38899-3 0 92765
2 24970 83.5770 263.2081 0004305 276.9429 83.0081 16.54992973 31848
Alan
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