Decay watch: 2000 Nov 25

From: Alan Pickup (alan@wingar.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sat Nov 25 2000 - 09:06:41 PST

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    SpaceCom has posted the first decay notice for an Iridium satellite...
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Object: #25470 = 98- 51 D = Iridium 79

Decay predictions:
Source   Prediction made    Predicted decay at      Latitude Longitude
               UTC                UTC                  deg      deg
SpaceCom   Nov 25 11:52     Nov 29 12:19 +-2d        18.9 S    35.5 E
SatEvo     Nov 25 17:00     Nov 29 10:54 +-1d

Latest elset:
Iridium 79 tum   4.0  1.8  0.0  6.0 d  6.0       263 x 245 km
1 25470U 98051D   00330.62233506  .01864337  26750-2  24565-2 0  8564
2 25470  85.9795 291.4968 0013073 128.7716 231.4748 16.07378517123749

SatEvo prediction: (see my Decay Watch page)

Note: This enters eclipse while northbound near 77 deg N at ~16:00 
local time and leaves eclipse southbound near 36 deg S at ~03:00.
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707:  55d53m48.7s N   3d11m51.2s W      156m asl
Edinburgh  / SatEvo & elsets:    http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/
Scotland  / Decay Watch: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/
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