Decay watch: NEAR Delta 2 rocket

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The latest elset from OIG is..
NEAR r           5.4  2.9  0.0  5.5 d            207 x 128 km
1 23785U 96008B   98017.53274238  .35781254 -11419-4  62419-3 0  5309
2 23785  25.8808 113.3852 0059802  51.5705 309.0298 16.39407752 78390

This has it a surprising 99 seconds early against my previous
predictions. My SatEvo analysis predicts one further elset:
NEAR r           5.4  2.9  0.0  5.5 d            173 x 125 km
1 23785U 96008B   98017.59343431  .86115804  74301+1  91447-3 0 95301
2 23785  25.8797 112.8857 0036817  52.4164 307.9172 16.46514657 78407
and suggests that decay may occur today (January 17) near or soon after
the following northbound equator crossing which is at 15:41 UTC at 120
degrees E longitude (less than 30 minutes from now).

Alan
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