Report time 13:00 UTC
1977-091A (#10362) Cosmos 955
My preceding prediction was not too bad. SpaceCom was also surprised that I was
about the behaviour of the massive satellite ( 2500 kg) during the last 4 orbits
and skipped the 6 and 2 HOURS BEFORE DECAY messages.
SpaceCom's FINAL REPORT - prepared Sept 7, 19:59 UTC, but released a couple of
hours later - shows the decay on
7 September, 19.07 UTC +/- 51 minutes (38.7°N, 322.5°E)
on a northbound pass over the Atlantic.
There is a final ELSET - 00251.737... - and with a Kalman filtering beginning
with ELSET 00251.483... MPM and REENTRY delivers the decay on
7 September, 19:15 UTC +/- 19 minutes (70.37°N, 338.95°E)
on the same pass east of Greenland.
Harro
Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de
Brlin, Germany
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