Decay update
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 3 Jun 1996 22:41:19 +0100
The Westford Needles debris #18978 = 63- 14 DR appears to have decayed
at about May 31.1, though tracking may have been lost a day before this.
The final OIG element is:
63- 14 DR
1 18978U 63014DR 96150.89907662 .10722956 11598+0 35752-1 0 6316
2 18978 83.4961 340.5159 0230737 309.1416 48.9123 15.62566754 13894
and my penultimate SatEvo predicted element:
63- 14 DR
1 18978U 63014DR 96152.03917887 .67458553 17459+1 45919-1 0 96223
2 18978 83.4705 339.4210 0064225 309.1760 50.2536 16.11871397 14076
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Two decays not mentioned here until now:
Object #23881 = 96- 34 B, the Proton-K R (or SL-12 R if you wish) which
launched the Gorizont 96- 34 A decayed at about May 28.4.
The final OIG element is:
96- 34 B
1 23881U 96034B 96149.37506907 .12519477 12777-4 84098-4 0 213
2 23881 51.6253 265.1638 0010849 276.2132 83.7707 16.52789070 548
The related platform (#23882 = 96- 34 C) decayed at about May 26.1.
The final OIG element:
96- 34 C
1 23882U 96034C 96146.93642506 .15866946 12578-4 59433-3 0 42
2 23882 51.6150 278.9349 0004235 339.3430 27.3955 16.44057387 145
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#23660 = 95- 45 E (SL-12 R aux motor) is on schedule for decay at
about June 7.1.
The latest OIG element is:
95- 45 E
1 23660U 95045E 96155.42391657 .33948998 12918-4 13169-2 0 3245
2 23660 46.6566 159.8203 2393596 117.5726 270.0651 11.04852297 8251
SatEvo predicted elements:
95- 45 E
1 23660U 95045E 96156.04604802 .36626121 26754-1 22636-2 0 93245
2 23660 46.6323 158.0296 2197911 119.3418 264.3726 11.44455542 8329
95- 45 E
1 23660U 95045E 96157.05715556 .46861635 42650-1 24673-2 0 93244
2 23660 46.5895 154.8098 1821657 122.5279 256.3782 12.28232370 8448
95- 45 E
1 23660U 95045E 96158.06972127 .68811162 12539+0 28668-2 0 93248
2 23660 46.5403 151.0551 1326728 126.2510 246.7443 13.41395348 8576
Alan
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