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Object Description:
Type: SROSS C2 Satellite
NORAD Name: SROSS C2
NORAD Number: 23099
Int'l Designation: 1994 027A
Launched: 4 MAY 1994 @ 00:00 UTC
Site: SHAR Centre
Mission: SROSS

Reentry Prediction:
Predicted Reentry Time: 12 JUL 2001 @ 03:38 UTC ± 45 minutes
Prediction Epoch: 12 JUL 2001 @ 00:38:00.850 UTC
Prediction Ground Track:


Ground track plotted at 5-minute intervals
Blue Line - ground track uncertainty prior to predicted time
Yellow Line - ground track uncertainty after predicted time
Orange Line - Earth horizon as seen from the reentering body
White Line - day/night terminator (Sun location as indicated)

Prediction Element Set:
(from NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group)

SROSS C2
1 23099U 94027A   01193.02639873  .20383367  11269-4  27693-3 0  4335
2 23099  45.9799 174.9295 0003084 264.6565  96.2224 16.49068570400560
Element Set Number: 433
Elements Epoch: 01193.02639873 (12 JUL 2001 @ 00:38:00.850 UTC)
Orbit Number at Epoch: 40056
Inclination: 45.9799°
RA of Ascending Node: 174.9295°
Eccentricity: 0.0003084
Argument of Perigee: 264.6565°
Mean Anomaly: 96.2224°
Mean Motion: 16.4906857
1st Deriv Mean Motion (/2): 0.20383367
2nd Deriv Mean Motion (/6): 0.000011269
B*: 0.00027693
Perigee Altitude at Epoch: 139.78 km (75.48 nm)
Apogee Altitude at Epoch: 143.81 km (77.65 nm)

USSPACECOM Bulletin:
(from NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group)

PREPARATION DATE TIME:  120442ZJUL01
1.  23099/1994-027A   /SROSS C2                /PAYLOAD    / IND
2.  04 MAY 1994
3.  REV  40056/ASCENDING /12 JUL 0325Z
4.  29.9 DEG S   160.3 DEG E
5.  DECAY WINDOW IS PLUS OR MINUS    02 HOURS.
6.  INCLINATION  046.0 DEGREES.
TRAJECTORY PRIOR TO DECAY (DEG):
D/TIME 193/0210Z    193/0225Z    193/0240Z    193/0255Z    193/0310Z
LAT.       15.9         45.9         23.5        -20.3        -46.1
E LONG    227.7        289.9        359.5        041.3        108.1
7.  FINAL REPORT.

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