(What is EOO?) The 4+ SpaceTrack elsets for Molniya 1-79 on day 214 have a MM just over 2, a perigee just over 100 km, and a drag term near .0036 The elset for day 235 has MM~5.59 and perigee just 2 km lower, but drag reduced to .000005! This can partially be explained if drag tore away the solar panels, but to make Mike's INT2x produce the new MM, I have to set the initial drag about 10x larger. This results in a perigee of 70 km, and drag .125 for day 238. To account for a one degree diff in RAAN, I must assume that drag was lower (?) initially, so the dip in perigee occurred at a later time. ... > >EOO using a 2 day old tle predicts Molniya 1-79 (20949) not to decay for some years. > >Larry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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