Re: decay request and GRANAT

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HELLO PEOPLE
CAN ANY ONE PLEASE SEND NAMES FROM SPY KEYHOLE SATELLITES??
THANK YOU
-----Original Message-----
From: Björn Gimle <b_gimle@algonet.se>
To: Tristan Cools <tcools@nic.INbe.net>; SeeSat-L
<SeeSat-L@blackadder.lmsal.com>
Date: mercredi 2 juin 1999 10:03
Subject: Re: decay request and GRANAT


>>
>> Can someone tell me if something has decayed last night, May 30, around
>> 02.01UTC ?
>>
>>
>> A message on the VVS list(Belgian Astronomical Association) indicates
that a
>> strange observation could be a satellite decay.
>>
>Granat                                           203238 x 211 km
>1 20352U 89096A   99141.75000000  .00000000  00000-0  00000-0 0  9158
>2 20352  48.7873 283.4465 9390426  21.8293 352.6408  0.24428860 11724
>
>was still the latest elset on June 1 (99152).
>It was predicted to make a perigee pass over Saudi-Arabia at 00:21 on May
30, and decay there, according to NPOE30. Mike's INT2 puts the decay at the
next perigee over Africa 990603 at 02:40 (?)
>
>If it barely survived the May30 perigee, it could have returned for decay
at 02:01, but only visible from SE Europe.
>
>No other decayers from Alan's decayers May 24-June 04 were close to
W.Europe, and within +/- 30 minutes.
>SeaSat debris 25055 was over Hungary 01:05, and Spain-Ireland on the next
orbit.
>NB: I used the dklist.tle on May 31, so maybe a real decayer was already
removed !!
>
>If Granat is still up, its decay could be seen from Libya, Crete, Greece,
Turkey, Cyprus...
>around 02:40 UT tonight
>
>

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