Re: Imminent decay of Progress M-37 Soyuz rocket

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The final two elsets for this are...

Progress M-37 Soyuz r                            145 x 137 km
1 25103U 97081B   97356.86733879  .24836051  12661-4  30256-3 0   121
2 25103  51.5980 216.1012 0006478  89.2367 271.0936 16.49396413   413
Progress M-37 Soyuz r                            131 x 118 km
1 25103U 97081B   97356.92783922  .51648857  12838-4  23494-3 0   130
2 25103  51.5999 215.7409 0010256  89.0001 271.3255 16.55635270   422

...showing it 4.3 and 9.9 seconds early on my prediction earlier in the
evening.

Almost certainly, it re-entered before it could have made the SE-bound
crossing of the USA on the following orbit between 00:10 and 00:27 UTC.
I estimate that re-entry occurred between 23:25 and 23:50, possibly in
the vicinity of the northbound equator crossing at 23:43 UTC at 128 deg
East.

Alan
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