See http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ for more on these decayers. ===================================================================== #9530 = 74- 94 E = Skynet 2B Delta 1 r2 Final decay estimates: SpaceCom: Jul 18 09:03 +-5h 0.0 S 153.6 E SatEvo: Jul 18 05:20 +-90m 0.0 30.0 E The final elset... Skynet 2B Dlt 1 r2 253 x 157 km 1 09530U 74094E 00199.64316442 .09578015 -14294-4 13833-2 0 5413 2 09530 24.2947 231.1896 0073332 200.1417 159.6229 16.25453914 42336 ... shows this to be 2 sec late against yesterday's prediction. I show this decaying near a southbound equator crossing over central Africa. My predicted elset for the final complete orbit is: Skynet 2B Dlt 1 r2 170 x 130 km 1 09530U 74094E 00200.13182238 .58721884 27522+1 77731-3 0 95456 2 09530 24.2979 227.1505 0030609 206.2389 153.6056 16.46107697 42416 _____________________________________________________________________ #24878 = 97- 35 C = GPS 2R-2 r2 (PAM-D) Current decay estimates: SpaceCom: Jul 21 22:23 +-3d 36.8 S 100.5 W SatEvo: Jul 23 13:50 +-1.3d _____________________________________________________________________ #26357 = 00- 24 B = USA 149 Titan 4 r Current decay estimates: SpaceCom: Jul 23 19:28 +-5d 1.7 N 171.0 W SatEvo: Jul 28 16:45 +-3d (slipping later) Latest elset: USA 149 Titan 4 r 365 x 174 km 1 26357U 00024B 00200.51046886 .01042823 -70106-5 43981-3 0 1146 2 26357 28.6185 142.2091 0143757 181.9193 178.0843 16.01941573 11092 _____________________________________________________________________ #26401 = 00- 37 B = Zvezda Proton-K r Final decay estimates: SpaceCom: Jul 17 16:57 +-1h 19.9 N 42.5 W SatEvo: Jul 17 17:44 +-1h 0.0 141.4 E The final elset... Zvezda Proton-K r 148 x 125 km 1 26401U 00037B 00199.61827661 .18039260 12620-4 13905-3 0 333 2 26401 51.6046 344.0018 0017908 107.7326 252.5688 16.51207294 887 ... has this running 9 sec late against my previous prediction. I put the decay near the northbound equator crossing near New Guinea at the epoch of this predicted elset: Zvezda Proton-K r 110 x 101 km 1 26401U 00037B 00199.73892213 8.82167215 50000+2 16915-2 0 90335 2 26401 51.6037 343.3034 0006418 108.2548 251.8150 16.62915162 904 If so, it should have passed NE over Western Australia from the vicinity of Perth at 17:34. ===================================================================== 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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