SpaceCom has posted decay warnings for the Soyuz-U rocket from
yesterday's launch of Cosmos 2373. The latest elset for the latter is...
Cosmos 2373 267 x 194 km
1 26552U 00058A 00274.13376096 .00306361 39184-5 16184-3 0 62
2 26552 70.3488 191.9535 0055652 70.4846 290.2373 16.15984054 129
I have just updated my Decay watch page as follows...
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Object: #26553 = 00- 58 B = Cosmos 2373 Soyuz-U rocket
Notice prepared: 2000 Sep 30 06:45 UTC
Decay predictions:
Source Prediction made Predicted decay at Latitude Longitude
UTC UTC deg deg
SpaceCom Sep 29 17:05 Oct 3 06:37 +-2d 59.3 N 108.9 E
SpaceCom Sep 29 23:43 Oct 2 20:44 +-2d 7.5 N 39.2 E
SatEvo Sep 30 06:45 Oct 3 02:05 +-1d
Latest elset:
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 250 x 189 km
1 26553U 00058B 00274.19449807 .03028991 39912-5 12497-2 0 75
2 26553 70.3617 191.8071 0046265 66.4638 294.1316 16.20069461 135
SatEvo prediction:
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 249 x 189 km
1 26553U 00058B 00274.25622193 .02491718 23122-2 10114-2 0 90079
2 26553 70.3616 191.6236 0045888 66.3449 294.1360 16.20292360 140
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 245 x 186 km
1 26553U 00058B 00274.50307352 .02671243 25504-2 98661-3 0 90077
2 26553 70.3612 190.8886 0044329 65.8690 294.5940 16.21566315 186
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 239 x 183 km
1 26553U 00058B 00274.81135403 .02922143 28676-2 94618-3 0 90076
2 26553 70.3606 189.9688 0042276 65.2735 295.1659 16.23289149 230
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 233 x 180 km
1 26553U 00058B 00275.05773352 .03157258 35306-2 90835-3 0 90077
2 26553 70.3600 189.2319 0040542 64.7965 295.6232 16.24785009 274
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 228 x 177 km
1 26553U 00058B 00275.30387673 .03470101 48124-2 87418-3 0 90072
2 26553 70.3595 188.4941 0038693 64.3189 296.0803 16.26412336 313
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 222 x 173 km
1 26553U 00058B 00275.54976096 .03877822 63232-2 83882-3 0 90070
2 26553 70.3589 187.7552 0036668 63.8406 296.5360 16.28214584 356
Cosmos 2373 Soyuz r 215 x 169 km
1 26553U 00058B 00275.79535646 .04423770 87431-2 80012-3 0 90078
2 26553 70.3581 187.0152 0034414 63.3617 296.9904 16.30246322 393
Note: This is not well placed for observation before it decays. Eclipse
entry occurs southbound in the evening at ~20:00 local time near
68 deg N, followed by eclipse exit, still southbound, near 63 deg S
at ~03:00 local time.
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Alan
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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/
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