Decaying Delta 2 rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 1 Jan 1998 09:29:10 +0000
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The Delta 2 rocket which launched GPS SVN43 (or Navstar 43 or USA 132 if
you prefer) will decay at about January 2.8 according to my current
calculations.
The latest elset from OIG is:
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 288 x 158 km
1 24877U 97035B 98001.19329190 .04431737 45538-5 80996-3 0 3004
2 24877 37.6512 286.6045 0098639 5.3804 354.8073 16.18793779 24239
SatEvo predicted elsets to decay are:
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 273 x 156 km
1 24877U 97035B 98001.50137258 .05098710 73296-2 81812-3 0 93008
2 24877 37.6506 284.4437 0088642 8.2929 351.8526 16.21792279 24289
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 260 x 155 km
1 24877U 97035B 98001.74741962 .05704763 12069-1 81372-3 0 93000
2 24877 37.6499 282.7110 0079763 10.6284 349.5393 16.24444089 24321
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 245 x 153 km
1 24877U 97035B 98001.99303516 .06822503 18959-1 83686-3 0 93004
2 24877 37.6492 280.9743 0069783 12.9693 347.2095 16.27499831 24362
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 227 x 151 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.23813775 .08787212 39633-1 78641-3 0 93001
2 24877 37.6484 279.2329 0058139 15.3166 344.8587 16.31268647 24407
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 204 x 147 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.48257341 .13706810 11183+0 70721-3 0 93009
2 24877 37.6472 277.4852 0043529 17.6723 342.4787 16.36556070 24441
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 175 x 138 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.66523553 .27457834 56565+0 60661-3 0 93009
2 24877 37.6456 276.1682 0028011 19.4477 340.6590 16.43456518 24474
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 159 x 132 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.72590690 .44706054 17730+1 56988-3 0 93001
2 24877 37.6447 275.7272 0020389 20.0422 340.0377 16.47639235 24483
GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 122 x 113 km
1 24877U 97035B 98002.78634780 2.93857956 50000+2 92914-3 0 93007
2 24877 37.6430 275.2838 0006491 20.6399 339.3860 16.58276160 24490
Alan
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