Hi list, As you can see from the timestamp of Harro Zimmer's message, his decay forecasts (and all other messages from him) experience a long delay to appear on SeeSat, undoubtly because of a technical problem somewhere. Harro sent me and others his final analysis showing that the SCC decay location is good but not the given time. I forward it there : << 1996-025A (#23853)Cosmos 2332 SCC'S FINAL REPORT - prepared Jan 28, 18:09 UTC - shows the decay on 28 January, 18:05 UTC +/-01 minutes (14.0°N, 25.0°E) descending over Sudan. ... MPM+REENTRY delivers with the ELSETs 05028.543... + 05028.604... (SFX 085, ap 010) the decay on: 28 January, 16:36 UTC +/- 10 minutes (30.68°N, 23.76°E) also southbound over Libiya. ... SCC'S co-ords are correct. But the time for these data is 16:39 UTC - very near to my and the other predictions!!! SCC'S given time is for a decay one rev later and definitely wrong. BTW: Cosmos 2332 was a 2 m radar calibration sphere ( m = 500 kg ). The decay showed - as expected - no dramatic changes of the ballistic coefficient during last 24 hours before reentry. Harro >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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