Re: Decay Watch: Molniya 3-16

Tony Beresford (starman@camtech.net.au)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:11:01 +1000

At 21:19 28/01/98 -0700, Ron Lee wrote:
>This is the latest elset:
>
>Molniya 3-16                                     22359 x 111 km
>1 12512U 81054A   98027.94735529  .08737860  21006-2  37463-2 0 90477
>2 12512  62.1361  92.1324 6315488 272.5557  21.6216  3.71443257123551
>
>It is over a day old.  Has it been LOST already?   Also note that
>the perigee is 111 km instead of around 60 km.    Is anyone in the 
>southern hemisphere able to observe it closer to perigee?
I have passes at ranges of 2000Km around 12:00 UT Jan 29 Ron (tonite)
Weather looks OK , will be using 7x50 binocs.
Tony Beresford