Decay watch: Soyuz rocket

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 13:11:51 +0000

The latest elset for the Soyuz-U rocket which launched Soyuz TM-27 is:
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    202 x 182 km
1 25147U 98004B   98030.29592890  .03280143  12150-4  65938-3 0    72
2 25147  51.6058  23.5815 0015490  81.8622 278.4231 16.30198711   101

A SatEvo prediction suggests that re-entry should occur at about January
31.63 (~15h UTC +-5h).

Predictions:
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    196 x 178 km
1 25147U 98004B   98030.54096089  .04170432  10897-1  69729-3 0 90073
2 25147  51.6053  22.2129 0013989  82.8853 277.2737 16.32099643   146
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    189 x 173 km
1 25147U 98004B   98030.78570227  .05185755  17388-1  69073-3 0 90079
2 25147  51.6047  20.8419 0012309  83.9104 276.2299 16.34369751   189
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    180 x 166 km
1 25147U 98004B   98031.03005889  .06960496  33512-1  67762-3 0 90079
2 25147  51.6038  19.4681 0010364  84.9376 275.1807 16.37291459   225
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    167 x 157 km
1 25147U 98004B   98031.27389574  .10751235  76913-1  63582-3 0 90073
2 25147  51.6026  18.0903 0007962  85.9678 274.1232 16.41486732   260
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    144 x 138 km
1 25147U 98004B   98031.51690452  .26475730  66776+0  33990-3 0 90074
2 25147  51.6003  16.7062 0004419  87.0029 273.0477 16.49256376   304
Soyuz TM-27 r                                    132 x 128 km
1 25147U 98004B   98031.57742089  .49733121  30556+1  32012-3 0 90072
2 25147  51.5992  16.3584 0002931  87.2630 272.7705 16.53533725   314

Alan
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