Re: Irid 14A cover location
Bjoern Gimle (b_gimle@algonet.se)
Wed, 16 Jun 1999 12:04:29 +0200
It appears that four of the latest Long March Iridium debris objects have
decayed.
I used Alan Pickup's SatAna to improve the wildly fluctuating drag terms,
then
computed the decays:
CSLO2 DEB decayed 99166.828158 (1999 June 15) 826 x 179 km
1 25784U 99032H 99163.28952573 .07721949 37328-2 77233-2 0 90042
2 25784 86.1388 93.7729 0470287 162.4136 199.2711 15.21266557 88
CSLO2 DEB decayed 99167.035083 (1999 June 16) 867 x 177 km
1 25783U 99032G 99162.96026629 .07096613 30652-2 75855-2 0 90021
2 25783 86.7042 93.8120 0500250 170.2758 190.7296 15.14740164 39
CSL02 DEB decayed 99166.386738 (1999 June 15) 804 x 188 km
1 25782U 99032F 99163.35497664 .08630775 47960-2 11984-1 0 90032
2 25782 86.5044 93.7862 0447850 168.4795 192.5804 15.23186580 93
CSL02 DEB decayed 99166.811236 (1999 June 15) 812 x 179 km
1 25781U 99032E 99163.28867221 .07617022 36839-2 77282-2 0 90040
2 25781 86.0874 93.7738 0460923 164.9087 196.5137 15.23416990 73
CSL02 S/D decays 99219.081253 (1999 August 7) 622 x 208 km
1 25780U 99032D 99163.53542923 .00335757 12027-4 70999-3 0 90034
2 25780 86.3872 93.5784 0305038 153.9213 207.6475 15.50703878 125
CSL02 R/B decays 99194.237523 (1999 July 13) 654 x 178 km
1 25779U 99032C 99163.53594713 .00682825 49989-4 68646-3 0 90041
2 25779 86.3825 93.5887 0350330 167.4038 193.4947 15.50302656 120
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