Luch 1 rk to decay over the US ?
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Thu, 1 Aug 1996 23:21:45 +0200 (MET DST)
The Luch rocket could still be in orbit, and make its final sunlit
evening appearances over Lake Superior at about 01:52 UT, and over
Oregon-Montana around 03:24, decaying on its way to the SE over USA,
or up to an hour later.
Note that the elset below is quite recent, only a few hours old when I got
it from OIG ! The next numbered elset, no.313, seems more probable in terms of
perigee, but SGP4 predictions from the no.312 elset agrees better with
integration results.
Luch 1 SL-12aux 7.0 1624 x 51
1 23685U 95054F 96214.65194205 1.09167551 00000-0 87695-4 0 3124
2 23685 47.2488 151.4207 1089692 120.8059 250.5320 14.16422414 9453
Element set number = 1
1 23685U 95054F 96214.65191159 .30564878 25785-4 60366-3 0 3132
2 23685 46.7231 151.4423 1042300 119.8172 251.0402 14.12312346 8399
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