Research Article
Lifetime Estimation of the Upper Stage of GSAT-14 in Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Table 2
Observed and predicted mean apogee altitude for zone B.
| TLE epoch (UTC) | Mean apogee observed (km) | Mean apogee predicted (km) | Error (km) |
| March 2, 2014, 10:45 | 35250.6328125 | 35250.03125 | 0.602 | March 3, 2014, 17:43 | 35240.3906300 | 35240.16016 | 0.230 | March 4, 2014, 04:01 | 35230.7539100 | 35236.41406 | ā5.660 | March 5, 2014, 10:58 | 35222.8984400 | 35223.78516 | ā0.887 | March 6, 2014, 17:53 | 35217.1718800 | 35209.39844 | 7.773 | March 7, 2014, 04:11 | 35204.4765600 | 35204.16797 | 0.309 |
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