Re: Decay of #24813 = Proton rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 31 May 1997 21:41:15 +0100
The final OIG elsets for this object are...
Telstar 5 Proton r 153 x 143 km
1 24813U 97026B 97151.32320352 .07903609 12614-4 15164-3 0 404
2 24813 51.5876 109.7125 0008026 281.8793 78.1377 16.46773244 1087
Telstar 5 Proton r 147 x 133 km
1 24813U 97026B 97151.44449669 .11301468 12638-4 12114-3 0 419
2 24813 51.5863 109.0209 0010670 259.0232 101.3398 16.49778516 1107
Telstar 5 Proton r 136 x 131 km
1 24813U 97026B 97151.50494459 .16811714 12774-4 13213-3 0 421
2 24813 51.6009 108.6519 0003242 307.1366 52.6797 16.52253936 1119
Telstar 5 Proton r 136 x 112 km
1 24813U 97026B 97151.56543137 .50520782 12739-4 20596-3 0 439
2 24813 51.5856 108.3339 0018253 247.1395 113.2207 16.55950717 1123
...respectively 0.5, 3.0, 0.8 and 4.8 seconds early with respect to the
final SatEvo evolution in my previous posting. Unless a later elset
appears, I conclude that decay was not far from my predicted time of May
31.59.
Thanks to all those who reported observations of this interesting
object.
Alan
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