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(meteorobs) FWD: satellite decay predictions
These may be of interest to meteor observers, as reentereing satellites are
often visible as extremely bright fireballs...
Lew
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Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 20:56:49 +0100
From: Alan Pickup <alan@wingardot demon.codot uk>
To: SeeSat Satellite Mailing List <SeeSat-L>
Subject: SatEvo decay list #10
Message-ID: <hdqcSAAB86AyEwUC@wingardot demon.codot uk>
SatEvo decay list #10 (issued 1996 August 3)
Here are my latest SatEvo decay predictions. The "Actual?"
decay times are estimated from the final available elements.
Many STEP-2 Pegasus fragments are being catalogued in orbits
which will take them to decay within a couple of years...
# Designation Name ------- Decay -------
Predicted Actual?
23957 94- 29 E STEP-2 Pegasus deb July 22.2
22461 92- 93 FA SL-16 deb July 25.25
18277 71- 3 C SL-3 deb July 27.65
23960 94- 29 H STEP-2 Pegasus deb July 30 ?
23685 95- 54 F SL-12 R aux motor August 2.15
24072 96- 43 B Progress R August 3.1
23981 94- 29 AB STEP-2 Pegasus deb August 5
24022 94- 29 BT STEP-2 Pegasus deb August 20
24037 94- 29 CJ STEP-2 Pegasus deb August 23
23962 94- 29 K STEP-2 Pegasus deb August 24
23988 94- 29 AJ STEP-2 Pegasus deb August 31
24028 94- 29 BZ STEP-2 Pegasus deb September 4
23959 94- 29 G STEP-2 Pegasus deb September 7
23927 86- 17 LP GFZ 1 deb September 15
23956 94- 29 D STEP-2 Pegasus deb September 17
23958 94- 29 F STEP-2 Pegasus deb September 17
23926 86- 17 LN GFZ 1 deb September 30
21794 91- 79 F SL-12 R aux motor September 30
23965 94- 29 N STEP-2 Pegasus deb October 14
4641 70- 25 Z Thorad Agena D deb October 14
16982 86- 73 B NOAA 10 deb October 25
Bjorn Gimle maintains a WWW resource of decay information at
http://www.algonet.se/~b_gimle/
Alan
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