#17256 = 81- 58 E = Cosmos 1278 deb According to SpaceCom, this debris object has a Radar Cross Section of 2.5 m^2, which presumably is why decay warnings have started to appear. It enters eclipse while southbound near 35 deg N at ~02:00 local time and leaves eclipse still southbound near 47 deg S at ~06:00 local time. Current decay predictions: SpaceCom: Jul 7 03:34 +-2d 18.0 N 174.2 W SatEvo: Jul 7 00:52 +-20h Latest elset: Cosmos 1278 deb E 3772 x 108 km 1 17256U 81058E 00186.53869992 .43749232 -22221-5 23869-2 0 8199 2 17256 62.7908 160.4991 2201946 196.3857 155.5562 11.44404680100831 ____________________________________________________ #20339 = 89- 94 B = Molniya 3-36 r This is down at last...final decay analyses: SpaceCom: Jul 4 03:35 +-32m 4.5 N 18.5 E SatEvo: Jul 4 03:14 -15m+90m 57.4 S 29.4 W The final elset... Molniya 3-36 r 296 x 75 km 1 20339U 89094B 00186.11250000 .99999999 75412-5 28885-3 0 611 2 20339 63.6877 351.8803 0167894 256.1409 262.7585 16.32636198 77358 ...has this 57 sec late against my last prediction. I put decay a little beyond perigee on this orbit, over the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic. It is possible that it survived to re-enter near perigee on the following orbit at about 04:33 UTC near 60.5 S, 118.8 W, over the SE Pacific. See http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ for more. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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