A summary from my Decay Watch page with the final notices for the
now-decayed Cosmos 2399 rocket:
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Object: #27857 = 03- 35 B = Cosmos 2399 Soyuz rocket
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SCC Aug 16 04:30 Aug 16 04:21 +-7m 52.0 N 47.0 W
SatEvo Aug 16 19:10 Aug 16 04:28 +-15m 25.1 N 25.9 W
Final elset:
Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 151 x 126 km
1 27857U 03035B 03228.10096113 .32145535 79629-5 28263-3 0 289
2 27857 64.9506 198.4310 0019321 58.0056 302.4928 16.50392635 577
Note: The final elset has this 7 sec early against the prediction
I posted yesterday. I estimate that this decayed southbound over
the Atlantic to the W of the Canary Is on the following rev, given
by the predicted elset:
Cosmos 2399 Soyuz r 121 x 110 km
1 27857U 03035B 03228.16135236 1.69660669 50000+2 53543-3 0 90282
2 27857 64.9481 198.1935 0008824 57.9765 302.1092 16.59086692 582
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Alan
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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/
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