USSTRATCOM now predicts decay on 2004 Dec 28 at 21:58 UTC, northbound over 31.2
N, 153.3 W.
I have appended the predicted final ground track, followed by USSTRATCOM's
report, which includes the latest elements.
Ted Molczan
* - denotes satellite in sunlight.
P - denotes satellite in Penumbra
U - denotes satellite in Umbra
UTC Lat Long Alt -km Radius - km
21:42:00 6.104 S 170.039 E 102.336 6480.232 *
21:43:00 3.039 S 172.657 E 101.693 6479.768 *
21:44:00 0.034 N 175.259 E 101.395 6479.530 *
21:45:00 3.107 N 177.862 E 101.444 6479.516 *
21:46:00 6.172 N 179.520 W 101.833 6479.723 *
21:47:00 9.220 N 176.869 W 102.557 6480.147 *
21:48:00 12.243 N 174.169 W 103.603 6480.784 *
21:49:00 15.232 N 171.403 W 104.958 6481.628 *
21:50:00 18.177 N 168.553 W 106.603 6482.673 *
21:51:00 21.067 N 165.599 W 108.520 6483.912 *
21:52:00 23.893 N 162.524 W 110.686 6485.337 *
21:53:00 26.641 N 159.305 W 113.077 6486.940 *
21:54:00 29.297 N 155.922 W 115.666 6488.712 *
21:55:00 31.847 N 152.353 W 118.426 6490.643 *
21:56:00 34.273 N 148.578 W 121.329 6492.721 *
21:57:00 36.557 N 144.575 W 124.347 6494.936 *
21:58:00 38.677 N 140.329 W 127.451 6497.276 *
21:59:00 40.613 N 135.827 W 130.611 6499.728 *
22:00:00 42.340 N 131.063 W 133.801 6502.279 *
22:01:00 43.834 N 126.042 W 136.994 6504.916 *
22:02:00 45.073 N 120.780 W 140.164 6507.623 *
22:03:00 46.035 N 115.309 W 143.286 6510.387 *
22:04:00 46.701 N 109.674 W 146.340 6513.192 *
22:05:00 47.058 N 103.932 W 149.305 6516.024 *
22:06:00 47.099 N 98.151 W 152.162 6518.866 *
22:07:00 46.824 N 92.401 W 154.896 6521.702 *
22:08:00 46.240 N 86.751 W 157.494 6524.518 *
22:09:00 45.361 N 81.260 W 159.944 6527.296 *
22:10:00 44.203 N 75.975 W 162.238 6530.022 *
22:11:00 42.790 N 70.929 W 164.370 6532.680 *
22:12:00 41.144 N 66.140 W 166.334 6535.254 *
22:13:00 39.291 N 61.615 W 168.128 6537.730 U
22:14:00 37.252 N 57.349 W 169.752 6540.092 U
22:15:00 35.052 N 53.332 W 171.208 6542.328 U
22:16:00 32.710 N 49.545 W 172.498 6544.424 U
22:17:00 30.245 N 45.971 W 173.625 6546.368 U
22:18:00 27.675 N 42.588 W 174.596 6548.147 U
22:19:00 25.014 N 39.375 W 175.415 6549.752 U
22:20:00 22.275 N 36.311 W 176.089 6551.173 U
22:21:00 19.471 N 33.376 W 176.625 6552.402 U
22:22:00 16.614 N 30.550 W 177.030 6553.430 U
22:23:00 13.711 N 27.814 W 177.309 6554.252 U
22:24:00 10.773 N 25.152 W 177.469 6554.863 U
22:25:00 7.808 N 22.545 W 177.516 6555.259 U
22:26:00 4.823 N 19.979 W 177.454 6555.439 U
22:27:00 1.827 N 17.437 W 177.288 6555.401 U
22:28:00 1.174 S 14.904 W 177.020 6555.146 U
22:29:00 4.173 S 12.365 W 176.653 6554.676 U
22:30:00 7.162 S 9.804 W 176.188 6553.994 U
22:31:00 10.134 S 7.206 W 175.626 6553.104 U
22:32:00 13.081 S 4.554 W 174.964 6552.012 U
22:33:00 15.996 S 1.832 W 174.202 6550.725 U
22:34:00 18.868 S 0.977 E 173.337 6549.252 U
22:35:00 21.688 S 3.893 E 172.366 6547.601 U
22:36:00 24.446 S 6.934 E 171.285 6545.783 U
22:37:00 27.130 S 10.121 E 170.092 6543.809 U
22:38:00 29.726 S 13.474 E 168.781 6541.690 U
22:39:00 32.219 S 17.016 E 167.349 6539.441 U
22:40:00 34.593 S 20.767 E 165.793 6537.073 U
22:41:00 36.829 S 24.748 E 164.110 6534.602 U
22:42:00 38.906 S 28.976 E 162.298 6532.040 U
22:43:00 40.802 S 33.462 E 160.356 6529.403 U
22:44:00 42.494 S 38.214 E 158.285 6526.706 U
22:45:00 43.957 S 43.227 E 156.087 6523.963 U
22:46:00 45.167 S 48.485 E 153.764 6521.188 U
22:47:00 46.102 S 53.958 E 151.322 6518.397 U
22:48:00 46.742 S 59.599 E 148.768 6515.604 *
22:49:00 47.074 S 65.352 E 146.110 6512.823 *
22:50:00 47.088 S 71.149 E 143.359 6510.067 *
22:51:00 46.784 S 76.919 E 140.528 6507.350 *
22:52:00 46.168 S 82.591 E 137.632 6504.683 *
22:53:00 45.253 S 88.107 E 134.686 6502.078 *
22:54:00 44.056 S 93.418 E 131.708 6499.547 *
22:55:00 42.598 S 98.491 E 128.718 6497.100 *
22:56:00 40.903 S 103.307 E 125.736 6494.746 *
22:57:00 38.996 S 107.860 E 122.785 6492.494 *
22:58:00 36.899 S 112.154 E 119.885 6490.352 *
22:59:00 34.636 S 116.199 E 117.061 6488.327 *
23:00:00 32.227 S 120.014 E 114.336 6486.425 *
23:01:00 29.692 S 123.618 E 111.731 6484.652 *
23:02:00 27.049 S 127.031 E 109.270 6483.012 *
23:03:00 24.311 S 130.276 E 106.974 6481.509 *
23:04:00 21.494 S 133.374 E 104.863 6480.147 *
23:05:00 18.611 S 136.346 E 102.955 6478.928 *
23:06:00 15.672 S 139.212 E 101.266 6477.853 *
23:07:00 12.688 S 141.990 E 99.813 6476.924 *
23:08:00 9.670 S 144.699 E 98.605 6476.141 *
23:09:00 6.625 S 147.356 E 97.653 6475.505 *
23:10:00 3.562 S 149.978 E 96.962 6475.015 *
23:11:00 0.490 S 152.582 E 96.537 6474.670 *
23:12:00 2.583 N 155.182 E 96.377 6474.469 *
23:13:00 5.650 N 157.797 E 96.479 6474.408 *
23:14:00 8.701 N 160.441 E 96.838 6474.488 *
23:15:00 11.730 N 163.132 E 97.445 6474.703 *
23:16:00 14.726 N 165.886 E 98.288 6475.052 *
23:17:00 17.680 N 168.722 E 99.353 6475.531 *
Decay Prediction Text Query Response
2004/12/28 20:48:49 Session time remaining: 00:54:49
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Query time: 2004/12/28 20:48:49
Object Order: Predicted Decay Date
Notice Order: Notice preparation time
TLE Order: Catalog number-epoch
Number of Satellites: 1
Decay: Decay Time N Lat E Long RCS
CatNo Intl. Desig. Source Common Name Prepared
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Decay: 2004/12/28 21:58:00 31.2 206.7 1.0559
26897 2001-037F CIS SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) 2004/12/28 20:21:00
PREPARATION DATE TIME: 282021ZDEC04
1. 26897/2001-037F /SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR) /ROCKET BODY/ CIS
2. 24 AUG 2001
3. REV 7416/ASCENDING /28 DEC 2158Z
4. 31.2 DEG N 206.7 DEG E
5. DECAY WINDOW IS PLUS OR MINUS 02 HOURS.
6. INCLINATION 046.9 DEGREES.
TRAJECTORY PRIOR TO DECAY (DEG):
D/TIME 363/2043Z 363/2058Z 363/2113Z 363/2128Z 363/2143Z
LAT. 42.7 5.0 -36.5 -41.2 -1.3
E LONG 311.3 002.1 046.4 124.5 174.0
7. NEXT REPORT IS DUE AFTER DECAY.
SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)
1 26897U 01037F 04363.78366279 .63014919 13139-4 63326-3 0 2177
2 26897 46.9555 239.6804 0120161 353.8349 6.3328 16.31186915 74134
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