Soyuz decayers 97- 38 B & C

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 7 Aug 1997 20:40:54 +0100

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The latest elsets from OIG for the decaying Soyuz rocket and the
associated C object are:
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    188 x 170 km
1 24887U 97038B   97219.66590038  .04084347  12292-4  49932-3 0   149
2 24887  51.6147 186.8834 0014030  77.6236 282.7425 16.35105969   333
Soyuz TM-26 deb                                  222 x 169 km
1 24888U 97038C   97219.24678963  .08698103  12165-4  15600-2 0   203
2 24888  51.6098 189.2396 0040438  83.4272 276.8999 16.29030627   268
These are respectively 32 and 29 seconds early as compared with the
SatEvo predictions I posted yesterday.

The rocket, 97- 38 B, is now predicted to decay around August 8.6.
Here are some predicted elsets:
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    183 x 166 km
1 24887U 97038B   97219.84910566  .05065167  18168-1  50998-3 0 90105
2 24887  51.6181 185.8510 0012961  76.4345 283.7099 16.36871665   365
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    176 x 161 km
1 24887U 97038B   97220.03213672  .06358221  30053-1  50730-3 0 90100
2 24887  51.6176 184.8191 0011241  77.2053 282.9203 16.38942280   393
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    168 x 155 km
1 24887U 97038B   97220.21490393  .08719369  62165-1  49999-3 0 90107
2 24887  51.6167 183.7852 0009209  77.9776 282.1256 16.41648467   423
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    155 x 146 km
1 24887U 97038B   97220.39730472  .14814067  20540+0  36120-3 0 90100
2 24887  51.6156 182.7486 0006583  78.7520 281.3220 16.45719949   454
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    140 x 135 km
1 24887U 97038B   97220.51857481  .33090581  12322+1  32292-3 0 90108
2 24887  51.6143 182.0550 0003969  79.2702 280.7744 16.50871281   478
Soyuz TM-26 r                                    117 x 115 km
1 24887U 97038B   97220.57899445 1.99694755  47496+2  61526-3 0 90109
2 24887  51.6130 181.7065 0001377  79.5306 280.4848 16.58855168   482

I suspect the "debris" object, 97- 38 C, has decayed already at about
August 7.69. My final predicted elset is:
Soyuz TM-26 deb                                  154 x 139 km
1 24888U 97038C   97219.67445418  .71602905  60047+1  11754-2 0 90148
2 24888  51.5993 186.8423 0011389  82.9361 277.1934 16.47222378   338

I post the latest OIG elsets for all decayers, other selected objects
and new launches (including STS-85), on my SatEvo WWW page (URL below)
every three hours.

Alan
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