Decay watch: 2003 May 26

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Mon May 26 2003 - 14:38:19 EDT

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    The following is taken from today's update to my Decay Watch page, the 
    last I'll be able to make until I return next week from my 
    eclipse-chasing trip to Orkney :-)
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    Object: #21150 = 91- 18 B = Inmarsat 2-2 Delta 2 rocket
    
    Decay predictions:
    Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
                    UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
    SCC        May 26 02:14     May 26 04:16 +-3h        23.5 S    24.6 E
    SatEvo     May 26 18:20     May 26 04:35 +-40m       10.2 N   110.2 E
    
    Final elset:
    Inmarsat 2-2 r   5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 v   14       154 x 151 km
    1 21150U 91018B   03146.06588605  .24065404 -13436-4  86061-3 0  9519
    2 21150  24.9220  40.8037 0002235 359.9976   0.1113 16.45017647657052
    
    Note: The final elset has this running 8 sec late against my previous
    prediction. I estimate that this decayed northbound over the South
    China Sea following the equator crossing at end of the SatEvo-
    predicted rev:
    Inmarsat 2-2 r   5.9  2.4  0.0  5.0 v   14       143 x 141 km
    1 21150U 91018B   03146.12644472  .47354751  28172+1  68333-3 0 99511
    2 21150  24.9214  40.2984 0001670   0.8647 359.1355 16.49078129657061
    SCC's final notice has yet to appear.
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    Alan
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