Object Description:
| Type: | Starshine Satellite |
| NORAD Name: | STARSHINE 3 |
| NORAD Number: | 26929 |
| Int'l Designation: | 2001 043A |
| Launched: | 30 SEP 2001 @ 02:40 UTC |
| Site: | Kodiak Launch Complex |
| Mission: | Educational satellite tracking experiment |
Reentry Prediction:
| Predicted Reentry Time: | 21 JAN 2003 @ 04:24 UTC ± 2 hours |
| Prediction Epoch: | 20 JAN 2003 @ 20:09:55.884 UTC |
| Observed Reentry Time: | 21 JAN 2003 @ ~03:35 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)
Pink Marker - vicinity of eyewitness sighting
Final Element Set:
(from NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group)
STARSHINE 3 1 26929U 01043A 03021.14417834 .23075867 62110-5 22771-3 0 7155 2 26929 67.0082 58.0340 0002739 336.9161 23.5083 16.51128562 74338
| Element Set Number: | 715 |
| Elements Epoch: | 03021.14417834 (21 JAN 2003 @ 03:27:37.009 UTC) |
| Orbit Number at Epoch: | 7433 |
| Inclination: | 67.0082° |
| RA of Ascending Node: | 58.0340° |
| Eccentricity: | 0.0002739 |
| Argument of Perigee: | 336.9161° |
| Mean Anomaly: | 23.5083° |
| Mean Motion: | 16.51128562 |
| 1st Deriv Mean Motion (/2): | 0.23075867 |
| 2nd Deriv Mean Motion (/6): | 0.000006211 |
| B*: | 0.00022771 |
| Perigee Altitude at Epoch: | 134.58 km ( 72.67 nmi) |
| Apogee Altitude at Epoch: | 138.15 km ( 74.59 nmi) |
USSTRATCOM Bulletin:
(from NASA/GSFC Orbital Information Group)
PREPARATION DATE TIME: 210647ZJAN03 1. 26929/2001-043A /STARSHINE 3 /PAYLOAD / US 2. 30 SEP 2001 3. REV 7436/ASCENDING /21 JAN 0506Z 4. 26.3 DEG N 234.4 DEG E 5. DECAY WINDOW IS PLUS OR MINUS 01 MINUTES. 6. INCLINATION 067.0 DEGREES. TRAJECTORY PRIOR TO DECAY (DEG): D/TIME 021/0351Z 021/0406Z 021/0421Z 021/0436Z 021/0451Z LAT. 66.0 18.8 -37.9 -63.5 -12.9 E LONG 348.7 048.0 071.7 170.8 219.4 7. FINAL REPORT.
