Re: Decay Alert #23631 AUX MOT

From: Rod Sladen (rodsladen@crosswinds.net)
Date: Thu Nov 01 2001 - 22:33:49 EST

  • Next message: Harro Zimmer: "#23631 "AUX MOT" decayed"

    Harro Zimmer (Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de) wrote:
    
    > This is a very difficult decayer. I have some doubt about 
    > SPACECOM'S object identification as a AUX MOT. 
    
    Spacecom are evidently confused as well!
    This object appears to have been resurrected.
    
    This object broke up around a year ago.  See http://www.orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/v6i1/v6i1.html
    
    
    An OIG Catalog Change History Query shows 
    
    Catalog Number: 23631
    
    ModDate    FieldName    Change Data               Previous Data            
    
    ---------- ------------ ------------------------- -------------------------
    
    
    2001/11/01   Decay Date /  /                      2001/02/28               
    
    
    2001/03/16   Decay Date 2001/02/28                /  /                     
    
    
    2000/12/01         Name SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)      SL-12 DEB   
    
    There do not appear to have been any decay predictions for this object produced
    before or after 2001/02/28.            
    
    A query for the 5 latest elsets soon after the decay prediction first appeared
    gave:
    
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)    Decayed: 2001/02/28
    1 23631U 95037K   01074.07199175  .00121282 -28821-6  77597-3 0   870
    2 23631  64.4369 144.8296 5441054 209.3455 106.0484  5.05164246 87780
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)    Decayed: 2001/02/28
    1 23631U 95037K   01088.47306066  .00111894  00000-0  43153-3 0   880
    2 23631  64.5685 137.7225 5427003 209.5994 103.7192  5.08522470 88504
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)    Decayed: 2001/02/28
    1 23631U 95037K   01303.44455907  .12704469  43955-5  10452-1 0    15
    2 23631  63.8378 244.5738 0756283 198.6186 158.6143 14.57795170 16422
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)    Decayed: 2001/02/28
    1 23631U 95037K   01303.78655157  .13545699  44502-5  91564-2 0    24
    2 23631  63.8251 243.4947 0720969 199.0054 159.4645 14.67536915 16475
    SL-12 R/B(AUX MOTOR)    Decayed: 2001/02/28
    1 23631U 95037K   01303.92249976  .11824965  46411-5  71070-2 0    34
    2 23631  63.8183 243.0648 0711113 199.0257 
    
    
    -- 
    Rod Sladen
    Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK, 52.923 N, 1.219 W
    
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