A summary of today's update to my Decay Watch page, with the latest
elsets collected at the end...
_____________________________________________________________________
Object: #21829 = 91- 87 F = Raduga 28 aux motor
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
SpaceCom Oct 3 23:36 Oct 7 22:21 +-2d 21.2 N 105.1 E
SatEvo Oct 4 18:15 Oct 8 11:15 +-1.3d
_____________________________________________________________________
Object: #25129 = 97- 86 D = Asiasat 3 Proton r2
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Oct 4 05:41 Oct 7 03:13 +-2d 35.6 S 17.5 E
SatEvo Oct 4 18:25 Oct 7 01:14 +-18h
_____________________________________________________________________
Object: #25234 = 98- 12 B = Teledesic 1 (also called BatSat)
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Oct 4 13:43 Oct 8 13:24 +-2d 13.4 N 167.7 E
SatEvo Oct 4 19:00 Oct 8 18:38 +-1.3d
It enters eclipse while southbound near 75 deg N at ~02:30 local time
and leaves eclipse while still southbound near 68 deg S at ~23:00 local
time.
_____________________________________________________________________
Object: #25547 = 98- 68 B = Bonum Delta rocket
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Oct 4 15:33 Oct 7 12:41 +-2d 22.9 S 105.1 W
SatEvo Oct 4 18:35 Oct 8 01:12 +-1.2d
This enters eclipse while northbound near 23 deg N in the evening sky
and leaves eclipse while southbound near 12 deg S before dawn.
_____________________________________________________________________
Object: #26104 = 00- 13 E = Express 2A aux motor
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Oct 4 14:42 Oct 5 11:12 +-14h 44.2 N 52.6 E
SatEvo Oct 4 18:45 Oct 5 08:03 +-7h 47.2 N 128.9 E
SatEvo prediction:
...(clipped)...
Express 2A aux motor 1409 x 109 km
1 26104U 00013E 00279.25332951 4.97115654 92292+1 14623-1 0 91427
2 26104 47.0606 171.1473 0910448 68.0445 301.3792 14.39878241 5057
Express 2A aux motor 873 x 103 km
1 26104U 00013E 00279.32022473 8.97104338 50000+2 14792-1 0 91420
2 26104 47.0305 170.8172 0560857 68.3646 297.5154 15.26093966 5065
The perigee height is very uncertain, as is the decay prediction. I
estimate that it will decay near perigee on the final of these predicted
orbits, eastbound over northern China.
_____________________________________________________________________
Latest elsets:
Raduga 28 aux motor 975 x 126 km
1 21829U 91087F 00278.64025447 .08834374 80488-5 48311-3 0 9233
2 21829 46.3875 92.7766 0612407 149.0751 214.7800 15.05463170154263
Asiasat 3 r 3794 x 89 km
1 25129U 97086D 00278.61341999 .00881575 13095-4 20519-4 0 525
2 25129 50.8113 125.7144 2226281 255.7063 78.8197 11.44039971 26629
Teledesic 1 2.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 d 2.7 278 x 270 km
1 25234U 98012B 00278.55836347 .01965975 25976-2 39696-2 0 9419
2 25234 97.6444 197.9508 0006323 133.1795 226.9977 16.00248313144328
Bonum Delta r 7.0 2.4 0.0 5.0 d 12 301 x 193 km
1 25547U 98068B 00278.34805423 .02721234 -11150-4 15871-2 0 6412
2 25547 25.7293 245.4824 0081810 0.9843 359.0854 16.09900744 99578
Express 2A aux motor 4450 x 131 km
1 26104U 00013E 00278.43905910 .99999999 54542-5 24706-1 0 1422
2 26104 47.1740 173.8925 2491113 65.3936 319.4848 10.75685514 4953
_____________________________________________________________________
Alan
--
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/
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe'
in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org
http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Oct 04 2000 - 12:19:07 PDT