Decay watch: 2001 Mar 15

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 15 2001 - 14:40:36 PST

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    Check my Decay Watch page for more about these two current decayers:
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    Object: #26399 = 00- 36 F = Cosmos 2371 aux motor
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Mar 15 19:39     Mar 16 18:04 +-16h       42.6 N   137.4 E
    SatEvo     Mar 15 22:20     Mar 16 18:24 +-8h        27.8 N   138.9 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Cosmos 2371 aux motor                            2090 x 101 km
    1 26399U 00036F   01074.65594501  .64135097  17733-4  16659-2 0  3246
    2 26399  46.5474 166.6704 1330888 119.0367 355.4957 13.43760200  7875
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    ..(ends)
    Cosmos 2371 aux motor                            628 x 89 km
    1 26399U 00036F   01075.68071208 2.77091340  56621+1  20572-2 0 93245
    2 26399  46.4695 161.8825 0399763 123.7959 240.0746 15.70174348  8022
    Cosmos 2371 aux motor                            373 x 86 km
    1 26399U 00036F   01075.74319912 5.42700176  31996+2  24936-2 0 93245
    2 26399  46.4592 161.5166 0216793 124.1605 237.9138 16.16319878  8038
    
    Note: The latest elset shows this to be running 2.6 min late against 
    the prediction I posted yesterday. I show this decaying while
    southbound over the eastern Pacific Ocean on the last of these
    SatEvo-predicted revs.
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    Object: #26691 = 01-  4 B = GPS2R-7 Delta 2 rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                   UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SpaceCom   Mar 14 20:00     Mar 16 20:17 +-1d        21.7 N   136.2 E
    SatEvo     Mar 15 22:30     Mar 17 05:20 +-10h
    
    Latest elset:
    GPS2R-7 Dlt2 r   7.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 d   15       356 x 141 km
    1 26691U 01004B   01074.60972222  .06535695 -20719-5  45399-3 0  1125
    2 26691  32.5686 121.4626 0162861 248.8079 224.6392 16.09447231  6652
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    ..(ends)
    GPS2R-7 Dlt2 r   7.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 d   15       173 x 116 km
    1 26691U 01004B   01076.12726400  .49586983  15198+1  35294-3 0 91123
    2 26691  32.5608 110.0786 0043619 266.0394  93.4616 16.48215105  6903
    GPS2R-7 Dlt2 r   7.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 d   15       131 x 103 km
    1 26691U 01004B   01076.18770823 1.87987494  26498+2  51805-3 0 91124
    2 26691  32.5595 109.6062 0022050 266.7545  92.9932 16.58506928  6913
    
    Note: The latest elset shows this running 52 sec late against
    yesterday's prediction.
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55d53m48.7s N   3d11m51.2s W      156m asl
    Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
    Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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