Re: Decay Update

Bjoern Gimle (bjorn@tt-tech.se)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 12:43:29 +0100

A SatEvo through MCO rk #25572 elsets 98362.6408 - .8278 indicate
decay Dec.30.06.

The 98363.32 elset shows it running 20 sec. early, and accepting
its ndot2 value I get decay Dec.29.99

MCO Delta 2 r1   5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 d            300 x 137 km
1 25572U 98073B   98363.32125730  .12211604 -14435-4  59447-3 0   778
2 25572  23.8844  49.9400 0123551 111.8259 249.5520 16.20264730  2721

Shadow entry around lat. 9S going north, exit at 17N, going south.
Final orbit (?) from La Paz, Bolivia over Egypt to southern Thailand.

MCO Delta 2 r1   5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 d            174 x 128 km
1 25572U 98073B   98363.93308799  .61138231  32064+1  79257-3 0 90774
2 25572  23.8806  44.9127 0035219 120.5690 239.7790 16.45526472  2821

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