A list of recent decays and the final report on today's Molniya 3-37 r2
decay, all taken from my updated Decay Watch page:
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# Designation Name Estimated actual decay
2002
5810 68- 97 DD Cosmos 252 deb October 6.0
22378 92- 93 BT Cosmos 2227 Zenit deb October 6.3
27094 01- 49 AN TES PSLV deb October 8.0
4619 70- 89 F Cosmos 374 deb October 9.1
24977 94- 29 ACK STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 11.1
20200 77-121 BX Cosmos 970 deb October 11
27095 01- 49 AP TES PSLV deb October 15.7
211 61- 15 BF Transit 4A deb October 17.2
4850 71- 3 B Meteor 1-7 r October 18.45
10269 77- 65 CW GMS 1 Delta deb October 19.4
21376 75- 52 CW Nimbus 6 Delta 1 deb October 19.7
27275 01- 49 HX TES PSLV deb October 21
9727 72- 58 HT Landsat 1 Delta 1 deb October 21.8
20446 90- 6 C Molniya 3-37 r2 October 23.12
9711 75- 4 GV Landsat 2 Delta 1 deb October 23.1
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Object: #20446 = 90- 6 C = Molniya 3-37 r2
Third stage (Block ML) from the Russian Molniya 8K78M (SL-6)
rocket used to launch the Molniya 3-37 communications satellite
on January 23, 1990.
(Diameter : 2.4 m Length : 3.2 m Mass : 1200 kg)
Notice prepared: 2002 Oct 23 19:15 UTC
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Oct 19 19:02 Oct 23 01:14 +-2d 26.9 S 172.6 E
SpaceCom Oct 20 06:09 Oct 23 01:38 +-2d 53.1 S 73.2 W
SpaceCom Oct 21 01:36 Oct 23 01:42 +-1d 38.7 S 54.7 W
SpaceCom Oct 22 02:04 Oct 23 01:48 +-14h 15.8 S 40.1 W
SpaceCom Oct 22 11:59 Oct 23 00:09 +-8h 40.4 S 32.8 W
SpaceCom Oct 22 19:09 Oct 22 22:40 +-2h 39.0 S 9.0 W
SpaceCom Oct 22 23:00 Oct 23 01:20 +-2h 54.0 S 158.5 W
SpaceCom Oct 23 04:37 Oct 23 01:20 +-2h 54.0 S 158.4 W
SatEvo Oct 20 10:45 Oct 23 02:51 +-1d
SatEvo Oct 21 21:50 Oct 23 06:05 +-12h
SatEvo Oct 22 19:50 Oct 23 01:30 +-3h 53.1 S 71.8 W
SatEvo Oct 23 19:15 Oct 23 02:51 +-2h 61.7 S 152.3 W
Final elset:
Molniya 3-37 r2 408 x 84 km
1 20446U 90006C 02295.91921296 .86918444 85878-5 39185-3 0 8531
2 20446 62.2832 26.5861 0244701 269.8893 265.0538 16.10437143102510
Note: I think this is most likely to have decayed close to southern
apex over the far southern Pacific on the SatEvo-predicted rev:
Molniya 3-37 r2 251 x 79 km
1 20446U 90006C 02296.07408851 1.68389142 53904+1 41602-3 0 98484
2 20446 62.2963 25.9097 0131197 266.9598 91.5382 16.40392363102542
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Alan
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Alan Pickup / COSPAR 2707: 55.8968N 3.1989W +208m (WGS84 datum)
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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