Decay watch: 2003 May 16

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 15:15:28 EDT

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     From today's update to my Decay Watch page:
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    Object: #23178 = 94- 40 D = PAS 2 Ariane Spelda
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        May 15 18:07     May 17 16:09 +-1d         7.0 N   145.5 W
    SatEvo     May 16 19:00     May 17 19:23 +-8h         3.9 N   125.5 W
    
    Latest elset:
    Ariane Spelda    6.0  3.0  0.0  3.5 v   31       430 x 165 km
    1 23178U 94040D   03136.73048907  .10903030 -32216-4  39509-2 0  1848
    2 23178   7.1607 262.5135 0198120 100.8535 261.3524 15.91827227146751
    
    SatEvo prediction: See Decay Watch page.
    (ends)
    Ariane Spelda    6.0  3.0  0.0  3.5 v   31       222 x 140 km
    1 23178U 94040D   03137.72227278  .63431837  20339+1  26645-2 0 91841
    2 23178   7.1587 253.9412 0062490 117.7973 242.8374 16.34285945146911
    Ariane Spelda    6.0  3.0  0.0  3.5 v   31       172 x 126 km
    1 23178U 94040D   03137.78304281 1.83920890  26543+2  21302-2 0 91841
    2 23178   7.1582 253.3920 0035080 118.8829 241.4696 16.46362895146927
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    Object: #25855 = 99- 37 E = Globalstar 32 Delta 2 rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        May 16 03:58     May 16 03:39 +-7m        49.0 S    70.0 W
    SatEvo     May 16 18:45     May 16 01:56 +-45m       31.8 S   133.7 W
    
    Final elset:
    Gbstr 32 Del r   7.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 d   12       159 x 139 km
    1 25855U 99037E   03135.98280608  .14993139  12701-4  26859-3 0  2884
    2 25855  52.0815 280.5084 0015550 298.3427  61.6074 16.46265477207210
    
    Note: I have this decaying southbound over the southern Pacific on the
    following SatEvo-predicted revs:
    Gbstr 32 Del r   7.0  2.0  0.0  5.5 d   12       139 x 125 km
    1 25855U 99037E   03136.04336309  .57947554  36320+1  39063-3 0 92888
    2 25855  52.0801 280.1646 0010444 298.5911  61.3038 16.52784366207220
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    Alan
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    Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55.8968N   3.1989W   +208m   (WGS84 datum)
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