Geomagnetic conditions have been at storm force for much of the past day. My Decay Watch page has been updated yet again... _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #14693 = 84- 11 E = Palapa B2 r (PAM-D) Decay predictions: SpaceCom: Sep 22 01:50 +-2d 27.8 N 156.7 W SatEvo: Sep 21 19:56 +-20h Latest elset: Palapa B2 r 198 x 161 km 1 14693U 84011E 00262.47291509 .00752722 -82463-5 78490-4 0 8191 2 14693 28.1209 159.8970 0028716 173.8356 186.2611 16.34910413912653 _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #25995 = 99- 68 B = Terra Centaur rocket Decay predictions: SpaceCom: Sep 20 22:34 +-2d 37.3 S 141.3 W SatEvo: Sep 20 21:39 +-22h Latest elsets: Terra Cent r 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 d 20 256 x 212 km 1 25995U 99068B 00262.56245836 .02896116 28709-5 20327-2 0 3973 2 25995 98.2115 19.2783 0033359 221.7652 138.1107 16.14862780 42455 Terra Cent r 9.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 d 20 255 x 210 km 1 25995U 99068B 00262.68636767 .00977820 28953-5 66644-3 0 3988 2 25995 98.2130 19.4306 0033769 221.2536 138.5937 16.15237092 42476 The latest elset shows this running 6 sec early against yesterday's prediction but has an ndot2 drag term (0.00977..) that is too low. _____________________________________________________________________ Object: #26491 = 88- 81 F = GStar 3 Ariane 3 deb Decay analyses: SpaceCom: Sep 17 22:25 +-4h 4.8 S 172.6 W SatEvo: Sep 17 22:31 +-2h 0.5 S 138.5 W Final elset: GStar 3 Ariane 3 deb F 402 x 149 km 1 26491U 88081F 00261.63015261 .34149118 -32263-4 60085-2 0 354 2 26491 7.4238 202.6073 0189830 322.9909 35.8755 15.99537101 50134 I show this decaying over the E Pacific close to the northbound equator crossing given by the SatEvo-predicted elset... GStar 3 Ariane 3 deb F 175 x 121 km 1 26491U 88081F 00261.93878531 3.64959460 50000+2 34163-2 0 90373 2 26491 7.4203 199.9258 0041597 328.6411 31.1116 16.46692201 50188 _____________________________________________________________________ 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
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