#11331 = 79- 32 A = Cosmos 1093 As I reported yesterday, my calculations suggest that decay was most likely at Mar 23 19:10 +-30m near 4.1 S, 92.6 E, on the approach to a northbound crossing to the W of Sumatra, Indonesia. If it had survived long enough, then there would have been a southbound pass over Canada and the USA from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, at 19:41 UTC, passing just E of Denver, Colorado, at 19:44 and over Lubbock, Texas, at 19:46. SpaceCom's final analysis places the decay only a little further on, close to Mexico City near 20.7 N, 100.0 W, at Mar 23 19:45 +-2h. However, this would have been uncertain by only a small number of minutes, and not the 2 hours quoted, if it had been tracked as it crossed the USA on that pass. Given the attention that this was receiving near the end, with at least one elset issued for each of the preceding five orbits, the absence of an elset for that orbit is further evidence that it had already decayed before it crossed N America. #20919 = 90- 93 B = Inmarsat 2-1 Delta 2 rocket SpaceCom has still to revise the prediction it posted yesterday for decay at Mar 25 04:04 +-1d at 13.1 N, 150.3 W. I continue to predict a much later decay, now at Mar 26 09:28 +-11h. More details at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/dkwatch/ Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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