Decay update : #23721 and others
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 18 Jun 1996 23:25:57 +0100
Object #23721 = 95- 63 E, yet another SL-12 R aux motor, decayed
on June 13 after the revs/day almost doubled in its final week
in orbit. The published elsets show large fictitious swings in
both n (=MM) and ndot (MMDOT), with many values for the latter
too small by a factor of 10.
The final OIG element is:
95- 63 E
1 23721U 95063E 96165.29288876 .99999999 77386-4 28436-1 0 1550
2 23721 46.6789 205.0597 2222423 74.0850 309.1421 11.42388612 5388
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Updated decay predictions:
#23583 = 95- 20 C (Progress-M 27 deb) : June 25
#23462 = 95- 1 B (Atlas 2AS Cent R) : June 29
#23508 = 95- 8 D (Cosmos 2306 deb) : July 2
Alan
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