decay watch: January 18
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 18 Jan 1999 20:35:21 +0000
The following SpaceCom decay notices are current or have been issued and
superseded since my previous posting:
Object Notice issued Predicted decay
UTC UTC
#25579 = Iridium 11A CZ-2C r Jan 17 18:37 Jan 20 18:54 +-2d
#25579 = Iridium 11A CZ-2C r Jan 18 18:41 Jan 20 17:05 +-1d
#25065 = ETS-7 H2 r Jan 16 09:03 Jan 29 12:47 +-8d
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Against the prediction I posted here yesterday, the Iridium 11A Long
March rocket was running 11 seconds early at 99018.737 (17:41 UTC
today). My new evolution leads to decay at January 20.79 (19:00 UTC
+-10h).
Predicted elsets:
Irid 11A CZ r 10.0 3.0 0.0 3.5 d 280 x 145 km
1 25579U 98074C 99019.04550023 .04059557 45612-2 28709-3 0 91123
2 25579 86.3441 182.2328 0102233 50.6570 310.2446 16.22647358 4813
Irid 11A CZ r 10.0 3.0 0.0 3.5 d 258 x 144 km
1 25579U 98074C 99019.53821883 .04829121 59904-2 28103-3 0 91121
2 25579 86.3425 181.9529 0086665 48.5072 312.2335 16.27010557 4894
Irid 11A CZ r 10.0 3.0 0.0 3.5 d 231 x 142 km
1 25579U 98074C 99020.02948335 .06471509 18953-1 28781-3 0 91124
2 25579 86.3405 181.6717 0067666 46.3491 314.2100 16.32391049 4974
Alan
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