Decay watch: 2000 Aug 11

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 12:43:04 PDT

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    SpaceCom has issued the first decay warnings for two decayers. The
    following is taken from my Decay Watch page at
              http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
    See that page for predicted elsets and updates.
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    Object: #13967 = 83- 25 D = Molniya 1-57 r2
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    
    SpaceCom   Aug 11 08:15     Aug 16 04:17 +-3d        55.8 S    28.5 W
    SpaceCom   Aug 11 15:37     Aug 15 13:06 +-2d        56.0 N    21.6 E
    
    SatEvo     Aug 11 19:00     Aug 17 00:30 +-1.7d
    
    Latest elset:
    Molniya 1-57 r2                                  1446 x 103 km
    1 13967U 83025D   00224.59453953  .10894431  62371-5  25736-3 0  9906
    2 13967  62.2899  66.1021 0938889 298.7094  52.2758 14.35221843150282
    
    Note: This enters eclipse while southbound near 20 deg S in the evening
    and leaves eclipse while northbound near 31 deg S in the morning.
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    Object: #24321 = 96- 56 C = GPS 2-27 Delta 2 r2
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    
    SpaceCom   Aug 11 06:04     Aug 15 03:43 +-2d        32.5 N   114.1 W
    
    SatEvo     Aug 11 19:20     Aug 15 15:52 +-1.2d
    
    Latest elset:
    GPS 2-27 Delta 2 r2                              1143 x 133 km
    1 24321U 96056C   00224.37485957  .09659041  17928-5  88779-3 0  7484
    2 24321  34.7959 174.1858 0720011  50.8703  89.5772 14.77302350 85529
    
    Note: Eclipse entry occurs near northern apex at ~20:00 local time.
    It leaves eclipse while southbound near 22 deg S at ~04:30 local time.
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    Alan
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