Tony Beresford wrote: > Checking thru satellite decay information on OIG, > today, to show that reported meteorite fall in India > couldnt be a satellite re-entry, I came across these > TLEs for the J component of the Russian launch of a > day or to ago. > UNK Decayed: 2003/09/28 > 1 27947U 03042J ...... > This could only be either a controlled re-entry or an > administrative decay to correct a wrongly catalogued object > couldnt it? > The elements show an orbit a long way from decay ! Indeed they do ... and what's more, TLEs for this supposedly decayed object continue to appear(!): UNK Decayed: 2003/09/28 1 27947U 03042J 03273.19089128 .00008481 00000-0 16870-2 0 43 2 27947 98.2053 159.6146 0012772 213.5559 146.2998 14.62282048 443 UNK Decayed: 2003/09/28 1 27947U 03042J 03271.41180387 .00018961 00000-0 37558-2 0 34 2 27947 98.2052 157.8479 0012642 218.5571 141.4689 14.62261221 181 One possibility is confusion with 26212U 99057DA, also in a 98 degree inclination orbit. No elsets for 26212 have appeared since 2003/09/28, and recent elsets showed the object near decay: CZ-4 DEB 1 26212U 99057DA 03271.10461514 +.25981668 +32225-5 +69881-2 0 04418 2 26212 098.5841 107.5778 0011594 268.7697 091.2569 16.28080220191754 -- Rod Sladen Beeston, Nottinghamshire, UK 52.923N, 1.219W ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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