Molniya 3-37 may be into its final day. The following is taken from my
updated Decay Watch page.
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Object: #20444 = 90- 6 A = Molniya 3-37
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SCC Jun 17 15:09 Jun 18 15:06 +-15h 30.9 N 153.0 E
SatEvo Jun 17 19:50 Jun 18 17:59 +-9h 49.7 S 92.0 W
Latest elset:
Molniya 3-37 3850 x 76 km
1 20444U 03168.70592138 .05408002 11626-4 62113-4 0 9027
2 20444 61.6398 126.5493 2261794 265.1363 185.1118 11.39660048 98725
SatEvo prediction:
Molniya 3-37 3141 x 74 km
1 20444U 03169.01994477 1.41742865 36946+0 12077-2 0 99021
2 20444 61.6301 125.8660 1920044 265.2285 72.7172 12.16688101 98761
Molniya 3-37 2511 x 74 km
1 20444U 03169.26016879 1.76504918 64372+0 13033-2 0 99029
2 20444 61.5888 125.2745 1588350 265.3096 76.4492 12.92370596 98798
Molniya 3-37 1565 x 72 km
1 20444U 03169.55726531 2.81534511 23593+1 14268-2 0 99025
2 20444 61.5269 124.4223 1037169 265.4296 82.6707 14.21943137 98837
Molniya 3-37 949 x 70 km
1 20444U 03169.69451386 4.68005794 91997+1 15097-2 0 99020
2 20444 61.4931 123.9561 0638184 265.4969 87.1902 15.18831631 98852
Molniya 3-37 472 x 67 km
1 20444U 03169.75948675 9.99999999 50000+2 17710-2 0 99022
2 20444 61.4616 123.7050 0304831 265.5337 90.9781 16.01744179 98863
Note: I estimate that this will decay following perigee on the
penultimate of my SatEvo-predicted orbits. This puts it over the
SE Pacific.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum)
Edinburgh / SatEvo Home Page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Scotland / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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