#20338 = 89- 94 A = Molniya 3-36
Final decay analyses:
SpaceCom: May 19 20:14 +-7m 56.9 S 115.5 E (updated)
SatEvo : May 19 20:03 +-10m 53.8 S 29.7 E (unchanged)
No further elsets appeared. Like Harro Zimmer, I had particular
difficulty with the final elset and I think his suggestion that parts
may have broken away at the previous perigee is a good one. I have
slightly corrected my predicted elset for the final orbit to:
Molniya 3-36 547 x 76 km
1 20338U 89094A 00140.79247921 4.59537137 16797+2 16077-2 0 98954
2 20338 63.3578 345.3565 0351906 252.8618 103.2551 15.86830611 77861
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#22726 = 93- 48 D = InSat 2B Spelda
Final analyses for this decay:
SpaceCom: May 20 14:12 +-2h 5.9 N 65.2 W
SatEvo : May 20 14:14 -10m+90m 6.9 N 46.5 W
The final published elset for this is:
InSat 2B Splda 381 x 130 km
1 22726U 93048D 00141.43645949 .46418885 -32990-4 18200-2 0 8908
2 22726 7.0836 330.0837 0189249 25.3148 214.5950 16.06734014 99494
I think it likely that decay occurred a little beyond the perigee point
on the following predicted orbit...
InSat 2B Splda 245 x 117 km
1 22726U 93048D 00141.58023984 1.41783124 45999+1 17287-2 0 98901
2 22726 7.0827 328.8206 0097805 27.8119 332.7078 16.34269226 99516
... shortly after crossing eastwards over S America from Bogota,
Colombia, at 14:07 UTC to Georgetown, Guyana, at 14:11. However, it is
also quite possible that it survived to decay almost one orbit later,
perhaps at 15:31 UTC near 4.0 N, 109.3 W, over the eastern Pacific.
More details at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
Alan
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