#20339 = 89- 94 B = Molniya 3-36 r
SpaceCom has rejoined the game; current decay estimates:
SpaceCom: Jul 4 01:43 +-4h 59.5 S 12.5 W
SatEvo: Jul 4 03:09 +-4h 63.5 S 58.3 W
Latest elset:
Molniya 3-36 r 673 x 87 km
1 20339U 89094B 00185.66953113 .49367827 46339-5 37086-3 0 562
2 20339 63.7237 353.5653 0433373 248.4696 253.9840 15.62594584 77283
SatEvo prediction:
Molniya 3-36 r 513 x 84 km
1 20339U 89094B 00185.89751893 .73389420 49011+0 39322-3 0 90566
2 20339 63.7124 352.7245 0321042 248.4509 108.0972 15.91424137 77327
Molniya 3-36 r 458 x 83 km
1 20339U 89094B 00185.96024091 .84597787 71988+0 41064-3 0 90560
2 20339 63.7093 352.4866 0281908 248.4458 108.5265 16.01285843 77339
Molniya 3-36 r 395 x 83 km
1 20339U 89094B 00186.02255952 1.02451146 12068+1 43559-3 0 90565
2 20339 63.7059 352.2466 0236252 248.4406 109.0253 16.12842190 77340
Molniya 3-36 r 317 x 82 km
1 20339U 89094B 00186.08440352 1.37696465 31650+1 47762-3 0 90562
2 20339 63.6999 352.0040 0179106 248.4355 109.6463 16.27392376 77357
Molniya 3-36 r 198 x 80 km
1 20339U 89094B 00186.14563501 2.89092066 31118+2 61027-3 0 90566
2 20339 63.6931 351.7577 0090624 248.4305 110.6013 16.50246896 77361
I put decay a little beyond perigee on the penultimate of these orbits,
to the S of South America. Note that if the decay occurs on the previous
orbit, as SpaceCom expects, then the re-entry might be observed over S
Africa on a track from Mosselbaai at 01:51 UTC to Johannesburg at 01:54.
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#21025 = 90-112 F = Raduga 26 aux motor
As Harro Zimmer has reported, there are several reports from California
which indicate that this object was observed as a slow-moving
fragmenting fireball as it re-entered near the beginning of its pass
across the USA at Jul 2 05:20 UTC. This is about midway between the
estimates made by SpaceCom and myself, and well within the
uncertainties.
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#26391 = 00- 35 B = Sirius 1 Proton r
I have two reports from Western Australia of what appear to be the re-
entry of this rocket on July 1 on a track heading roughly NNE over
Collie, to the south of Perth. The time is given as 15:25-15:26 UTC in
one report and 15:30 in the other. One report says "Over the town of
Collie observers reported the object breaking into more fragments. There
were reports of sound's like distant thunder from the southern stations.
Also three seismic stations recorded its sonic signature." My estimate
is that the rocket should have passed over Collie at ~15:21:30 UTC. It
is not impossible that the decayer was the associated platform (00- 35
C) instead, though I believe that several of the elsets released for the
latter are for the rocket, including its final elset.
More at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
Alan
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