SpaceCom has added #24743, the Intelsat 801 Ariane 44P rocket, to the
objects for which decay warnings are being posted. See ny Decay watch
page for more on the following, including predicted elsets.
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Object: #24743 = 97- 9 B = Intelsat 801 Ariane 44P rocket
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Dec 9 00:55 Dec 11 19:24 +-2d 3.2 N 77.6 W
SatEvo Dec 9 11:15 Dec 12 07:00 +-19h
Latest elset:
Intelsat 801 Ariane 44P r 1077 x 132 km
1 24743U 97009B 00344.26815967 .12464490 -26388-4 11363-2 0 7581
2 24743 6.4043 282.2816 0676009 287.6777 65.0717 14.87913790 59942
Note: This enters eclipse near northern apex at 6 deg N at ~19.45
local time and leaves eclipse while southbound near 4 deg S at
~04:15 local time.
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Object: #25124 = 97- 85 B = Early Bird Start-1 r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Dec 8 15:53 Dec 12 14:03 +-2d 42.0 S 46.4 W
SatEvo Dec 9 11:10 Dec 12 07:23 +-16h
Latest elset:
Early Bird r 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0 d 2.8 215 x 209 km
1 25124U 97085B 00344.41916874 .01546711 23149-5 66666-3 0 8063
2 25124 97.1682 67.8064 0004585 235.5265 124.5601 16.22709081166581
Note: The latest elset shows this running 8 sec early against the
prediction I posted two days ago.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl
Edinburgh / SatEvo & elsets: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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