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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Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl
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