On Sun, 6 May 2001, Alan Pickup wrote:
> I note that OIG is listing Cosmos 2370 (#26354 = 00- 23 A) as "decayed"
> on May 4. The final elset I have for this is:
>
> Cosmos 2370 6.0 3.0 0.0 4.5 d 17 249 x 204 km
> 1 26354U 00023A 01123.80485933 .00492828 73836-5 27378-3 0 1595
> 2 26354 64.6874 192.5694 0033862 295.6316 64.0775 16.17588148 58547
> If it had not been deorbited, and had made no further manoeuvres, its
> natural decay would have been about May 15.
Since the last element set was for May 3rd and the optimum de-orbit pass
on the 4th was around 20.32 GMT, I would have expected at least one
subsequent element set to have been issued on the 4th.
My guess is that the satellite was de-orbited on May 3rd with a final
northbound equator crossing at about 20.48 GMT.
Similarly, USSPACECOM seems to have the re-entry date for Cosmos 2372
incorrect by one day. That satellite seems to have been de-orbited with
a final equator crossing about 18.30 GMT on April 19th althought
USSPACECOM shows re-entry for the following day.
Phillip Clark
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Phillip S Clark 22 Winterbourne Close
Molniya Space Consultancy Hastings
Compiler/Publisher, Worldwide Satellite Launches E Sussex TN34 1XG
U.K.
Specialist in "space archeology" - the older and more obscure the more
interesting it is !
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