Decays?
Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@saic.com)
Mon, 4 Oct 1999 14:34:08 -0700
Hi All,
I think someone may have already posted some of this information,
but below is a summary of discrepancies in the last two Sat Week
reports (#39 and #40). Basically, they've posthumously decayed
4 objects that have "live" TLEs:
Sat Week 40 discrepancies
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Internatnl
Designator CatNo Common Name Source LaunchDate DecayDate
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1976-017C 08702 DELTA 1 R/B(2) US 1976/02/19 1982/11/27
1970-025NL 09667 THORAD AGENA D DEB US 1970/04/08 1978/04/05
76017C
1 08702U 76017C 99263.34970962 .00237125 -16813-5 20685-2 0 4293
2 08702 24.3535 220.9207 1331698 346.3236 10.4264 13.03277376631872
70025 NL 1147 x 1073 km
1 09667U 70025NL 99236.09668245 .00000585 00000-0 11568-2 0 6708
2 09667 100.5240 180.0064 0049242 60.2859 295.5737 13.39875109424310
Sat Week 39 discrepancies
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Internatnl
Designator CatNo Common Name Source LaunchDate DecayDate
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1968-081F 05999 ERS 28 DEB US 1968/09/26 1976/08/23
1970-025NL 09667 THORAD AGENA D DEB US 1970/04/08 1978/04/05
68081 F 4972 x 357 km
1 05999U 68081F 99262.13419045 .00030576 00000-0 37131-2 0 4454
2 05999 26.2894 222.6673 2543266 128.8562 256.7466 10.11452788139278
70025 NL 1147 x 1073 km
1 09667U 70025NL 99236.09668245 .00000585 00000-0 11568-2 0 6708
2 09667 100.5240 180.0064 0049242 60.2859 295.5737 13.39875109424310
In any event, I'm not sure whether to delete these satellites
from my TLE lists, or continue carrying them. --Rob