#20957 back from the dead?

ROB MATSON (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com)
3 Jun 1997 14:01:07 -0800

I have a question about Norad #20957 (1990-102E, Gorizont 22 SL-12 ullage
motor).  My records, which may be the victim of a typo, show that this object
decayed on 7/1/91.  Yet, it appears in EL970601 with recent elements:

1990-102E
1 20957U 90102  E 97150.55137248  .00244185  43614-6  13628-2 0  7800
2 20957  46.4948 221.8353 4014098  31.2342 347.3842  7.57565571100915

This orbit is 177 x 8969 km.  Can anyone confirm that there was an earlier
report of this motor's demise?  --Rob