Decaying Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U rocket
Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 07:51:12 +0000
The Soyuz-U rocket which launched Resurs-F1M two days ago will decay
within the next 24 hours. My current analysis using SatEvo suggests re-
entry at about November 21.08 (~02:00 UTC =/-3 hours).
The latest elset from OIG reads:
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 194 x 163 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.18076346 .04585718 -12408-5 56677-3 0 150
2 25060 82.3267 250.7391 0023198 84.4672 275.9273 16.35273172 286
My evolution to decay:
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 189 x 161 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.30307795 .05406696 19409-1 58947-3 0 90106
2 25060 82.3293 250.5853 0021263 86.6167 273.6265 16.36570846 308
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 178 x 155 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.54743794 .07442688 39935-1 48643-3 0 90106
2 25060 82.3282 250.2892 0017613 85.6065 274.5947 16.39652494 340
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 163 x 146 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.79124382 .11911123 10389+0 34428-3 0 90105
2 25060 82.3266 249.9922 0012985 84.5933 275.5549 16.44184906 387
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 152 x 139 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.91284320 .18042192 26505+0 29421-3 0 90100
2 25060 82.3255 249.8431 0009900 84.0850 276.0278 16.47708939 404
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 144 x 133 km
1 25060U 97072B 97324.97352791 .25376068 56710+0 28046-3 0 90107
2 25060 82.3247 249.7684 0007922 83.8302 276.2600 16.50285928 419
Resurs-F1M Soyuz-U r 131 x 124 km
1 25060U 97072B 97325.03409385 .47628099 22267+1 29672-3 0 90102
2 25060 82.3235 249.6935 0005252 83.5748 276.4850 16.54391218 423
I hope to post an update this (UK) evening.
Alan
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