Report time 10:30 UTC 1985-061A (#15909) MOLNIYA 3-25 SPACECOM'S FINAL REPORT -prepared Sep 21, 15:06 UTC - shows the decay on 21 September, 10:45 UTC +/- 01 minutes (56.3°S, 245.1°E) ascending over the South Pacific. It was an extreme difficult decayer which underwent possibly a catastrophic decay. The last five ELSETs showed two with negative drag terms (around 01:34 UTC) and two other incompa- tible "final" ELSETs. My final analysis with MPM+REENTRY based on two selected ELSETs 02264.1332.. and 02264.2668... (SFX 159, ap 008) delivers 21 September, 10:42 UTC +/- 11 minutes (58.07°S. 240.99°E) also northbound over the South Pacific. The derived ballistic coefficient deviate extremely from the "theoretical" value and looks more like a piece of debris. Another peculiar fact is the very small RCS with 0.08. For a MOLNIYA I have never seen such a low value. Harro Harro.Zimmer@tonline.de Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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