Decay watch: June 29

Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:25:40 +0100

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Object: #25670 = 99- 17 B = DSP 19 Titan 4 r

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
               UTC                UTC                  deg      deg

SpaceCom   Jun 27 10:54     Jul  1 10:37 +-19h       22.2 S   171.6 W
SpaceCom   Jun 28 17:18     Jul  1 15:31 +-2d         4.7 S   123.7 W
SpaceCom   Jun 29 17:47     Jul  1 17:19 +-1d        26.9 N    74.6 W

SatEvo     Jun 27 18:50     Jul  2 09:07 +-1d
SatEvo     Jun 28 19:45     Jul  2 04:38 +-16h
SatEvo     Jun 29 19:15     Jul  2 06:07 +-14h

Latest elset (2 sec late against yesterday's prediction):
DSP 19 Titan4r  10.0  2.5  0.0  3.0 d 31         269 x 151 km
1 25670U 99017B   99180.32514305  .02397963 -73774-5  28139-3 0  1526
2 25670  28.6171  54.9780 0089885 297.5598  61.5944 16.23609822 12644

SatEvo prediction:
DSP 19 Titan4r  10.0  2.5  0.0  3.0 d 31         253 x 147 km
1 25670U 99017B   99181.00044059  .03024696  33286-2  23552-3 0 91520
2 25670  28.6164  49.6866 0080646 306.1585  53.0981 16.27325396 12755
DSP 19 Titan4r  10.0  2.5  0.0  3.0 d 31         237 x 143 km
1 25670U 99017B   99181.55171259  .03725555  54738-2  19613-3 0 91523
2 25670  28.6158  45.3442 0071655 313.2151  46.1887 16.31014989 12845
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Object: #12133 = 81-  2 A = Molniya 3-14

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
               UTC                UTC                  deg      deg

SpaceCom   Jun 29 16:23     Jul  3 16:02 +-2d        43.6 S   179.8 E

SatEvo     Jun 29 19:10     Jul  4 01:22 +-1.2d

Latest elset:
Molniya 3-14                                     4207 x 92 km
1 12133U 81002A   99180.60451582  .30525459  12561-4  87467-3 0  2360
2 12133  61.9107  21.6389 2412576 281.3956  66.6041 11.02539211 49906

SatEvo prediction:
Molniya 3-14                                     3965 x 90 km
1 12133U 81002A   99181.05023304  .29212461  15534-1  74555-3 0 92364
2 12133  61.9102  20.7698 2304665 281.4957  53.7007 11.26522860 49957
Molniya 3-14                                     3653 x 90 km
1 12133U 81002A   99181.57581301  .31932903  19160-1  76871-3 0 92362
2 12133  61.9095  19.6962 2159223 281.6195  55.0868 11.58610057 50013

Note: Eclipse entry occurs while southbound near 24 deg S latitude at 
about 19:30 local time. It is northbound when it leaves eclipse near 
32 deg S at about 05:00 local time.
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Alan
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