Decay of Granat Proton rocket

Kevin Fetter (kfetter@yahoo.com)
Wed, 04 Aug 1999 12:55:58 -0400

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 19:59:37 +0100 

Alan Pickup wrote

Decay of Granat Proton rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 19:59:37 +0100 

SpaceCom has yet to acknowledge that the astronomy satellite Granat
decayed from its highly eccentric orbit more than a month ago. Meantime,
the Proton rocket that launched it is (probably) making its last orbit
before it, too, plunges to decay on July 25. That is, unless it decayed
at its perigee yesterday.



Well SpaceCom has now listed as been decayed 

Internatnl                                                                
Designator   CatNo Common Name               Source LaunchDate DecayDate  

1989-096A    20352 GRANAT                    CIS    1989/12/01 1999/05/25


Other satellite's now listed as being decayed

1989-089AT   22856 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1996/09/05
1989-089BE   23059 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1997/04/14
1989-089Q    22755 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1997/06/19
1989-089U    22759 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1997/08/29
1989-089BA   23055 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/01/28
1989-089K    22750 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/02/17
1989-089N    22753 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/03/05
1989-089AU   22857 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/04/03
1989-089AE   22769 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/06/21
1989-089L    22751 COBE DEB                  US     1989/11/18 1998/10/06

Kevin