There have been two more elsets for this PAM issued by Spacecom: 1 22448U 93007C 02253.84481412 .23740802 11679-5 39301-3 0 5061 2 22448 34.5188 187.4720 0107103 287.7602 71.1672 16.30142129238156 1 22448U 93007C 02253.90593065 .33134694 11357-5 61471-3 0 5070 2 22448 34.5428 186.9879 0077676 289.6240 69.6222 16.35460784238161 I believe that the decay has shifted to the time frame 02:00 to 03:00 UT this evening. There is a pass across the southern US about 02:30 UT: 30.334 97.760 Austin, TX *** 2002 Sept 10 Tue evening *** Times are PM CDT *** 22448 GPS 2-18 Rk 3.3 m 5.5 H M S Tim Al Azi C Dir Mag Dys F Hgt Shd Rng (miles) 9 31 37 0.1 21 333 73 *** 0 5 127 -140 324 9 32 17 0.1 26 10 C 91 *** 0 5 128 -219 273 9 32 58 0.1 21 47 108 *** 0 5 128 -309 331 The PAM should be a little lower than this and it will be in the Earth's shadow. The predicted time will not be off more than about 1 minute. Since the perigee point is south of the equator, I think there is a better chance that it will decay some time (30-40 minutes) before or after this pass, but I think it's worth taking a look. I may try to post again in a little while if there is another new elset. There is another pass about 04:05 UT and there is a small chance that it might not decay until then. Mike McCants Austin, TX ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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