Decay watch: 2000 May 4

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Thu May 04 2000 - 12:51:35 PDT

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    #26355 = 00- 23 B = Cosmos 2370 Soyuz rocket
    
    SpaceCom issued the first decay warning for this yesterday at 19:53 UTC,
    but OIG became unreachable a couple of hours later, before enough elsets
    had appeared for my SatEvo analysis.
    
    SpaceCom predicted the decay for May 5 17:33 +-1d near 30.2 N, 128.5 E,
    but I now get May 6 16:30 +-12h near 13.0 N, 19.4 W, on an orbit that
    crosses Europe (in daylight) from Madrid to Helsinki.
    
    This enters eclipse near 60 deg N at about midnight local time just
    after its northern apex. Eclipse exit occurs southbound near 45 deg S at
    about 05:30 local time.
    
    The latest elset, overdue for an update, is:
    C 2370 Soyuz r   6.0  3.0  0.0  5.0 d   15       256 x 177 km
    1 26355U 00023B   00125.35658708  .02853851  74425-5  90291-3 0   103
    2 26355  64.7792  95.6314 0059487  62.3575 298.3643 16.21103029   131
    
    See http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ for predicted elsets
    to decay.
    
    
    Alan
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