Decay watch: 2002 April 5

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Apr 05 2002 - 16:43:00 EST

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    Object: #22780 = 93- 54 B = GPS 2-22 Delta 2 r
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Apr  5 07:58     Apr  5 07:25 +-7m        22.0 N   146.0 W
    SatEvo     Apr  4 21:25     Apr  5 07:24 +-25m       21.7 N   156.9 W
    
    Latest elset:
    GPS 2-22 r1      5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 v   12       185 x 174 km
    1 22780U 93054B   02094.74843553  .06020283  00000-0  72710-3 0  5610
    2 22780  22.0139  75.0296 0008514 345.9051  14.1453 16.35014967474120
    
    Note: I have this decaying while eastbound just to the N of Hawaii.
    My predicted elset for the start of the final rev is:
    GPS 2-22 r1      5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 v   12       123 x 120 km
    1 22780U 93054B   02095.29523079 1.32898114  50000+2  51127-3 0 95664
    2 22780  22.0014  70.2506 0002231 344.4227  15.5704 16.56839864474210
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    Object: #24645 = 96- 61 A = SAC-B/HETE + Pegasus rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Apr  5 08:17     Apr  7 08:41 +-1d        26.6 N   109.3 E
    SatEvo     Apr  5 21:35     Apr  7 05:26 +-9h        36.5 N    88.5 E
    
    Latest elset:
    SAC-B/HETE + r   3.1  1.0  0.0  7.4 d  4.0       201 x 189 km
    1 24645U 96061A   02095.81220786  .03472889  47210-5  77351-3 0  1913
    2 24645  37.9453 304.9116 0009089 285.1420  74.8758 16.29097198302675
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page:
    (..ends)
    SAC-B/HETE + r   3.1  1.0  0.0  7.4 d  4.0       146 x 141 km
    1 24645U 96061A   02097.09386408  .28019879  84199+0  42526-3 0 91918
    2 24645  37.9409 295.7574 0003569 297.3858  62.5778 16.48492775302888
    SAC-B/HETE + r   3.1  1.0  0.0  7.4 d  4.0       132 x 129 km
    1 24645U 96061A   02097.15435016  .64426652  58125+1  41662-3 0 91917
    2 24645  37.9399 295.3162 0002441 297.9760  61.9993 16.53407469302896
    
    Note: The latest elset shows this running 8 sec early against
    yesterday's prediction.
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
    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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