Report time 11:00 UTC
2000-049B (#26478) Raduga 1-5 Proton RB
SpaceCom's FINAL REPORT - prepared August 31, 02:15 UTC - shows the decay on
30 August, 21:57 UTC +/- 02 hours (33.0°N, 0.1°E)
on a northbound pass over NW Africa (Algeria).
MPM + REENTRY delivers with the last two ELSETs 00243.541... and 00243.723...
the decay on 30 August, 21:52 UTC +/- 11 minutes ( 19.28°N, 346.40°E)
on the same pass also over NW Africa (Mauretania).
As Alan mentioned yesterday SpaceCom produces a lot of confusion with an
object #26479 - the Proton Platform. In a FINAL REPORT - prepared August 31,
02:15 UTC - they shows the decay on
30 August, 22:20 UTC +/- 03 hours (29.8°N,116.5°E)
on a descending pass over China.
But this object is a "ghost". The real platform decayed - that's my estimate -
on August 29, early morning (UTC). All Proton platforms are shortliving objects
and decays much earlier then the Proton 3. stage.Some the earlier und later
released ELSETs are clearly related to #26478, the RB.
Epoch ndot MM
The last ELSET for # 26478: 00243.72354432 0.12216401 16.48625990
The penultimate ELSET for #26479: 00243.72348124 0.12400761 16.48641625
A special ELSET comparison program with an output of TCA (Time of Closest
Approach), Midpoint and Epoch shows the identity of the ELSETs for the two
objects. The deviation is only in the order of 3.93 km.
Based on the released ELSETs 00243.541... and 00243.723... for #26479 MPM +
REENTRY shows the decay on
30 August, 21:54 +/- 11 minutes (25.45°N, 351.11°E)
on a northbound pass over NW Africa. This is practically identical with my
prediction for the RB (#26478). SpaceCom's two objects are really only one.....
Harro
Harro.Zimmer
Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
Berlin, Germany
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