Decay watch: 2002 January 12

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 12 2002 - 17:37:13 EST

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    A summary of the latest updated predictions form my Decay Watch page:
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    Object: #11932 = 80- 69 A = Cosmos 1206
    
    Notice prepared: 2002 Jan 12 22:00 UTC
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Jan 12 01:53     Jan 13 23:45 +-1d        17.3 N   101.4 W
    SatEvo     Jan 12 22:00     Jan 13 20:03 +-8h        23.1 N   134.4 E
    
    Latest elset:
    Cosmos 1206      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   16       197 x 187 km
    1 11932U 80069A   02012.54888132  .03882739 -97227-6  87287-3 0  5673
    2 11932  81.1307 186.2251 0007159 292.6466  67.4201 16.30189023174713
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Cosmos 1206      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   16       145 x 141 km
    1 11932U 80069A   02013.71038710  .24839406  60331+0  38658-3 0 95673
    2 11932  81.1243 184.6018 0003180 288.0096  71.9558 16.48612755174901
    Cosmos 1206      5.0  1.5  0.0  5.4 v   16       134 x 131 km
    1 11932U 80069A   02013.77102119  .46176044  27489+1  37901-3 0 95678
    2 11932  81.1229 184.5153 0002414 287.7628  72.2108 16.52604468174913
    
    Note: I predict that this will decay soon after the northbound equator
    crossing at the end of the last orbit above. This puts it northbound
    to the S of Japan following a pass across Western Australia. The
    uncertainty is still several orbits.
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    Object: #13432 = 82- 83 A = Molniya 3-19
    
    Notice prepared: 2002 Jan 12 22:20 UTC
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Jan 12 10:42     Jan 14 03:32 +-1d        43.6 S   155.8 E
    SatEvo     Jan 12 22:20     Jan 14 06:50 +-12h
    
    Latest elset:
    Molniya 3-19                                     2379 x 83 km
    1 13432U 82083A   02012.74513687  .49636995  20173-4  60780-3 0  6821
    2 13432  62.2756 355.6595 1508774 279.8610  63.8852 13.08026298 69754
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
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    Object: #14319 = 83- 90 D = Molniya 3-21 r2
    
    Notice prepared: 2002 Jan 12 22:25 UTC
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Jan 12 11:40     Jan 15 10:36 +-2d        32.1 S   121.8 W
    SatEvo     Jan 12 22:25     Jan 16 12:27 +-1.3d
    
    Latest elset:
    Molniya 3-21 r2                                  1590 x 95 km
    1 14319U 83090D   02012.50972764  .16500804  23909-4  28803-3 0  4791
    2 14319  62.0304 321.6430 1035295 285.5258  63.4140 14.15088168138488
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
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    Object: #23733 = 95- 67 D = Telecom 2C Spelda
    
    Notice prepared: 2002 Jan 12 22:30 UTC
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Jan 12 08:38     Jan 13 07:37 +-14h        7.1 S    26.9 W
    SatEvo     Jan 12 22:30     Jan 13 10:45 +-5h         5.4 S    30.0 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Telecom 2C Spelda                                585 x 143 km
    1 23733U 95067D   02012.77045814  .32507857 -30025-4  43982-2 0  8467
    2 23733   7.2093 298.0091 0327755   5.6800 355.6752 15.68195114 88435
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Telecom 2C Spelda                                352 x 132 km
    1 23733U 95067D   02013.27282770  .70902771  96076+0  27963-2 0 98465
    2 23733   7.2072 293.7929 0166781  14.0123 346.4449 16.11805164 88518
    Telecom 2C Spelda                                300 x 128 km
    1 23733U 95067D   02013.33448992  .97471990  22614+1  27254-2 0 98466
    2 23733   7.2067 293.2534 0130366  15.0785 345.3064 16.21948719 88521
    Telecom 2C Spelda                                218 x 122 km
    1 23733U 95067D   02013.39566200 2.08748661  16770+2  28531-2 0 98467
    2 23733   7.2061 292.7084 0073699  16.1554 344.0785 16.38367218 88534
    
    Note: Being of low inclination, this is only observable at low
    latitudes. I show this decaying near the end of the final predicted
    orbit above, to the N of Recife, Brazil.
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    Alan
    -- 
    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
    Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
    Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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