Decay watch: 2002 February 23

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 09:51:04 EST

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    Nothing yet from SpaceCom, but I have posted my own prediction and 
elsets for Minisat-01 to my Decay Watch page. A summary:
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Object: #24779 = 97- 18 A = Minisat-01

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
SpaceCom   (not predicted)
SatEvo     Feb 23 14:40     Feb 27 21:08 +-1.4d

Latest elset:
Minisat-01       2.0  0.0  0.0  6.6 d  2.6       260 x 255 km
1 24779U 97018A   02054.19522998  .01656162  16800-2  21456-2 0  2447
2 24779 150.9328 292.6994 0003370 164.6048 195.4690 16.06112770268014

Note: This strongly retrograde object enters eclipse northbound near
26 deg N at ~05:30 local time. Eclipse exit occurs southbound near
16 deg S at ~19:00 local time.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
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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