Iridium 8 - Cosmos 1452 R/B

ROB MATSON (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com)
14 Aug 1997 14:14:20 -0800

Here's yet another close-call between two satellites, this time Iridium 8
(#24792) and Cosmos 1452 R/B (#13992) for Friday morning, August 15th:

                         Target satellite:  Iridium 8

 UTC Date    UTC Time  Norad Satellite Name   Range (km) NdAng EphAge (days)
 8/15/1997  9:38:35.47 13992 Cosmos 1452 R/B     0.9      7.2      +1.67

TLEs used for this prediction were:

Iridium 8
1 24792U 97020A   97226.17135620 -.00000060  00000-0 -28476-4 0   689
2 24792  86.3996 106.7769 0001663  90.1670 269.9723 14.34211166 14475
Cosmos 1452 R/B
1 13992U 83031B   97225.73622141 +.00000041 +00000-0 +24636-4 0 09192
2 13992 074.0493 312.7187 0005977 287.2497 072.7997 14.32879028749329

As indicated by the nadir angle (NdAng), Cosmos 1452 R/B will be almost
directly
underneath Iridium 8 at TOE (time of encounter).  --Rob#026#