Decay watch: 2001 Feb 1

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Feb 01 2001 - 11:16:37 PST

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    From my Decay Watch page...
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Object: #25313 = 98- 24 C = Nilesat Ariane 44P rocket

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
               UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
SpaceCom   Feb  1 12:50     Feb  1 15:16 +-3h         4.1 N     7.7 E
SatEvo     Feb  1 19:10     Feb  1 15:09 +-15m        5.0 N     2.3 W

Latest (probably final) elset:
Nilesat Ariane 44P r                             375 x 98 km
1 25313U 98024C   01032.59826505  .99999999 -34525-4  10801-2 0  4468
2 25313   6.3903 228.0007 0209056  98.6962 196.7876 16.13766587 38070

Note: I put the decay over Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on a daytime track 
across Africa towards Lagos, Nigeria, and Somalia. SpaceCom's final
notice has yet to appear.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55d53m48.7s N   3d11m51.2s W      156m asl
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