Re: Decay update: October 14

Bjoern Gimle (bjorn@tt-tech.se)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:57:25 +0100 

Jeff Hunt wrote:
> 
> Most of the North East US and Canada are covered in clouds :-(
> 
> Jeff Hunt
> --- On Wed, 15 Oct 1997 10:47:16 +0100  Bjoern Gimle <bjorn@tt-tech.se>
> wrote:
> 
> >Look up, USA! You may get another Delta on US soil.
> >

If it lands almost intact, as the MSX Delta, clouds won't stop it ;-)>

> 
> 13:19 UT, 9:19 AM EDT (Oct 15.55)
>                ^^

Of course - I was thinking while typing that you shouldn't be
mislead into figuring it was PM, and ended it writing it !

> >Before that it crosses Quebec
 Province  !!

Last (latest??) elset on OIG at 13:22 UT was 

Element set number = 1
1 24908U 97043F   97288.47305831  .10144961 -14033-5  36726-3 0  1634
2 24908  82.6031 342.0620 0023045 137.1462 223.8436 16.41579739  8761

ndot2 and MM look too small compared to Alan's evolution, but on the
other hand I don't get his results when using his 287.55 elset !
With elset 163, my SatEvo gives the following :

Predicted decay after    0.3307 days on date = 97288.8037 (1997 October 15)

Element set number = 1                           177 x 147 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.47292116  .10141597  81753-1  36740-3 0 91630
2 24908  82.6031 342.0622 0023050 137.1468 223.0331 16.41576957  8760
Element set number = 1                           172 x 145 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.53385441  .11881559  11724+0  35560-3 0 91639
2 24908  82.6026 341.9905 0020819 136.8916 223.2715 16.42912667  8772
Element set number = 1                           166 x 142 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.59473336  .14485290  18417+0  34544-3 0 91638
2 24908  82.6021 341.9188 0018320 136.6362 223.5080 16.44506077  8782
Element set number = 1                           159 x 139 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.65554593  .18923260  34146+0  33986-3 0 91634
2 24908  82.6014 341.8470 0015425 136.3804 223.7415 16.46510060  8792
Element set number = 1                           149 x 134 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.71627101  .28590058  88465+0  34807-3 0 91639
2 24908  82.6005 341.7750 0011847 136.1241 223.9699 16.49302376  8809
Element set number = 1                           132 x 123 km
1 24908U 97043F   97288.77685755  .73857930  78572+1  44743-3 0 91638
2 24908  82.5989 341.7028 0006539 135.8671 224.1851 16.54531758  8810

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