Decay watch: July 14
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 19:56:10 +0100
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Object: #14168 = 83- 65 C = Galaxy 1 PAM D r
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Jul 13 00:06 Jul 16 23:48 +-2d 10.0 S 1.5 E
SpaceCom Jul 14 01:48 Jul 16 20:11 +-2d 2.6 S 92.4 W
SatEvo Jul 13 19:35 Jul 17 03:03 +-1d
SatEvo Jul 14 18:30 Jul 17 06:01 +-1d
Latest elset (13 sec late against yesterday's prediction):
Galaxy 1 r (PAM D) 3.39 524 x 150 km
1 14168U 83065C 99195.68722635 .06085341 -13703-4 12995-2 0 1428
2 14168 23.0733 334.1985 0278357 29.4318 332.1550 15.77746441299377
SatEvo prediction:
Galaxy 1 r (PAM D) 3.39 499 x 148 km
1 14168U 83065C 99196.00291067 .07232305 63025-2 12661-2 0 91428
2 14168 23.0726 331.7681 0262018 33.7010 327.9379 15.82373642299421
Galaxy 1 r (PAM D) 3.39 458 x 146 km
1 14168U 83065C 99196.50607542 .08398424 94651-2 11452-2 0 91424
2 14168 23.0714 327.8604 0233140 40.5651 321.1493 15.90198464299508
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Object: #25849 = 99- 36 C = Molniya 3-50 platform
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SatEvo Jul 14 18:40 Jul 20 08:08 +-1.5d
Latest elset:
Moln 3-50 plat 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.0 d 6 371 x 181 km
1 25849U 99036C 99195.26167856 .01691761 80341-5 98750-3 0 275
2 25849 62.8058 344.4543 0142927 123.8885 237.5939 15.99447171 945
SatEvo prediction:
Moln 3-50 plat 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.0 d 6 359 x 179 km
1 25849U 99036C 99196.01125421 .01867645 80362-3 97500-3 0 90279
2 25849 62.8049 341.5054 0135297 124.0315 237.2604 16.02139826 1063
Moln 3-50 plat 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.0 d 6 340 x 175 km
1 25849U 99036C 99197.00865359 .02149986 11473-2 94843-3 0 90275
2 25849 62.8036 337.5626 0124054 124.2230 236.9585 16.06128907 1220
Note: Eclipse entry is near 50 deg S latitude at about 18h local time,
while southbound. It leaves eclipse moving northwards near 15 deg N
at about 04:30 local time. The associated Molniya r1 (#25848 = 99- 36 B)
should decay about two days later.
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Alan
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