Decay watch: 2003 April 26

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Apr 26 2003 - 14:35:54 EDT

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    Two more decayers to add to the ones being covered by my Decay Watch 
    page. Check there for more predicted elsets.
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    Object: #23857 = 96- 27 A = BeppoSAX
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Apr 26 15:23     Apr 29 11:35 +-2d         2.0 N     1.7 W
    SatEvo     Apr 26 18:20     Apr 30 14:55 +-1.2d
    
    Latest elset:
    BeppoSAX                                         247 x 243 km
    1 23857U 96027A   03116.52307260  .01928616  28744-2  18861-2 0  6336
    2 23857   3.9540  23.3740 0003338 278.4182  81.5302 16.10735445385715
    
    Note: No prizes for guessing that this is visible near the equator
    as it enters eclipse in the evening and exits before dawn.
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    Object: #25240 = 98- 14 B = Intelsat 806 Atlas 2AS Centaur Rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Apr 26 14:43     Apr 27 12:54 +-17h       22.5 N     1.6 E
    SatEvo     Apr 26 17:00     Apr 27 15:34 +-9h        17.5 N    79.7 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Intlst 806Cn r   8.3  3.0  0.0  4.0 v   23       430 x 150 km
    1 25240U 98014B   03116.34285317  .09813671 -15083-4  18028-2 0  9032
    2 25240  22.4541 330.2365 0209655   6.9904 353.3383 15.94503618137630
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Intlst 806Cn r   8.3  3.0  0.0  4.0 v   23       205 x 131 km
    1 25240U 98014B   03117.51895276  .53053611  95532+0  10628-2 0 99030
    2 25240  22.4477 320.7217 0056733  23.8268 336.4349 16.39176093137824
    Intlst 806Cn r   8.3  3.0  0.0  4.0 v   23       171 x 123 km
    1 25240U 98014B   03117.57965601  .88141856  42355+1  85497-3 0 99036
    2 25240  22.4467 320.2083 0037041  24.7354 335.4418 16.47095180137839
    
    Note: I estimate that this will decay over the Caribbean following
    the northbound equator crossing at the end of the final predicted
    rev above.
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    Object: #27776 = 03- 15 B = Cosmos 2397 Proton rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Apr 26 09:30     Apr 26 05:51 +-7m        23.0 S    46.0 W
    SatEvo     Apr 26 16:25     Apr 26 04:45 +-90m       40.2 N    36.5 E
    
    Final elset:
    Cosmos 2397 Proton r                             156 x 149 km
    1 27776U 03015B   03115.94656322  .07764869  12537-4  21950-3 0   153
    2 27776  51.6459 277.1486 0005510 266.5390  93.8510 16.45156743   297
    
    Note: The final elset, still a few hours before this re-entered,
    shows it running 3 seconds late against my final prediction.
    I show it decaying northbound over Jordan on the orbit after the
    following SatEvo-predicted rev:
    Cosmos 2397 Proton r                             133 x 129 km
    1 27776U 03015B   03116.12831891  .37948585  14886+1  26094-3 0 90150
    2 27776  51.6439 276.1086 0003131 267.3144  92.6498 16.53094744   320
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    Object: #27782 = 03- 16 B = Soyuz TMA-2 Soyuz rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        Apr 26 11:21     Apr 28 10:11 +-1d        12.6 N    88.0 W
    SatEvo     Apr 26 18:10     Apr 28 08:37 +-11h
    
    Latest elset:
    Soyuz TMA-2 r                                    215 x 190 km
    1 27782U 03016B   03116.70806105  .02922935  12060-4  82402-3 0    67
    2 27782  51.6582 279.1381 0018860  71.1143 289.1861 16.26390798    68
    
    Note: Eclipse entry occurs southbound near 36 deg S in the evening
    with eclipse exit northbound near 12 deg N before dawn.
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    Alan
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