96 54B, Centaur rocket
Mike McCants (mikem@fc.net)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 09:56:55 -0600 (CST)
The current 5 elsets at OIG are:
1 24316U 96054B 97074.19878793 .00044903 -18487-4 16262-5 0 759
2 24316 25.2451 89.2311 2980662 266.5179 59.4534 9.80638350 8943
1 24316U 96054B 97074.19881195 .05860037 -18509-4 28415-3 0 721
2 24316 25.2258 89.1868 2977292 266.6009 59.5367 9.80147202 8948
1 24316U 96054B 97074.30063786 .00112179 -19108-4 52326-5 0 764
2 24316 25.2175 88.8864 2875202 267.1283 60.2174 10.01432485 8957
1 24316U 96054B 97074.40033338 .06214934 -19855-4 17384-3 0 776
2 24316 25.2021 88.8220 2797505 267.4663 60.6065 10.20464813 8962
1 24316U 96054B 97074.49817405 .41398097 -20345-4 16972-2 0 803
2 24316 25.2441 88.3375 2713684 268.4328 60.7912 10.36194582 8972
The correct drag term for this last set should be 1.41:
1 24316U 96054B 97074.49817405 1.41398097 -20345-4 16972-2 0 803
2 24316 25.2441 88.3375 2713684 268.4328 60.7912 10.36194582 8972
My program indicates that decay should occur about 75.25 with
a possible error of 4 or 6 or 8 hours. 75.25 is March 16 at 600UT
and is about 14 hours from now.
Mike McCants