SCC has issued its first (incorrect) decay warning for the Cosmos 2399 rocket. The following is taken from my Decay Watch page - check there for further updates on this decayer. _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #27857 = 03- 35 B = Cosmos 2399 Soyuz rocket Notice prepared: 2003 Aug 13 20:35 UTC Decay predictions: Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude UTC UTC deg deg SCC Aug 12 23:32 Aug 13 07:11 +-5h 15.4 N 46.7 W SatEvo Aug 13 20:35 Aug 16 08:37 +-18h Latest elset: Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 281 x 166 km 1 27857U 03035B 03225.76790662 .02665413 73119-5 69100-3 0 99 2 27857 64.9496 207.2884 0086618 63.4953 297.5073 16.18606911 191 SatEvo prediction: Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 274 x 164 km 1 27857U 03035B 03226.01490631 .03068692 32979-2 72198-3 0 90094 2 27857 64.9491 206.3638 0083172 63.3822 297.4675 16.20129155 234 Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 260 x 161 km 1 27857U 03035B 03226.50823159 .03660581 49965-2 69780-3 0 90094 2 27857 64.9480 204.5108 0075515 63.1557 297.6144 16.23428942 310 Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 243 x 155 km 1 27857U 03035B 03227.00045124 .04621859 84518-2 59233-3 0 90099 2 27857 64.9467 202.6522 0066894 62.9286 297.7524 16.27464752 394 Note: The earliest elsets for this look very suspect and may account for the error in the first SCC decay prediction. The rocket enters eclipse just beyond northern apex at 62 deg N near midnight local time. Eclipse exit occurs southbound near 32 deg S before dawn. _____________________________________________________________________ Alan -- Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum) Edinburgh / SatEvo Home Page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ * ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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