Report time 09:30 UTC 1999-072A (#26040) COSMOS 2367 SPACECOM'S FINAL REPORT -prepared July 20, 00:11 UTC - shows the decay on 20 July, 00:04 UTC +/- 07 minutes (42.0°S, 216.0°E) descending over the South Pacific. MPM+REENTRY delivers with the ELSETs 02200.741... - 02200.843... (SFX 182, ap 020) the decay on 20 July, 00:37 UTC +/- 17 minutes (00.72°N, 02.62°E) ascending over the Atlantic Ocean near the African coast. SPACECOM'S prediction seems a little bit better then my own. I suspect a systematic bug within my calculations (Wrong sign for the differential corrections?). Two other atmosphere density models show an earlier decay (00:03 and 00:07 UTC). Despite his complex structure Cosmos 2367 shows a very smooth decay behaviour. Starting 03 days before reentry the prediction deviations were smaller then one rev: Time SPACECOM My own 03 days before + 65 min --- 02 " " - 13 min - 85 min 01 " " + 52 min + 42 min 12 hours " + 57 min + 47 min 06 hours " + 27 min + 39 min 02 hours + 25 min + 36 min Decay 00 min + 33 min Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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