Decay watch: 2000 Feb 15

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 13:36:00 PST

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    #25769 = 99- 30 B = Starshine
    
    It is good that increased tasking by SpaceCom at the request of the
    Starshine Project is resulting in frequent, and very useful, elset
    updates for this. My current analysis indicates a decay at Feb 18 07:07
    UTC +-14h, but this time could still shift several hours either way
    either because of further geomagnetic disturbances or because I have
    guessed the wrong atmospheric density profile.
    
    
    #25911 = 99- 49 E = Globalstar 33 Soyuz r
    
    My estimate is for decay at Feb 17 15:33 +-11h near 34.2 N , 2.8 W.
    SpaceCom's latest word, issued today at 15:56 UTC, is for decay at Feb
    17 15:49 +-1d near 1.7 N, 24.7 E. I show decay on a southbound pass over
    Algeria. The (very provisional) final orbit...
    Globlstar 33 r   6.0  3.0  0.0  4.5 d   14       117 x 105 km
    1 25911U 99049E   00048.62545702 1.19979374  50000+2  28428-3 0 92470
    2 25911  51.9255 229.4501 0009250 250.0133 109.8871 16.61006685 22827
    ... takes it northeastwards across the USA.
    
    
    Find more info at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
    
    Alan
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