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Says decayed but is still on orbit

Open A-j-K opened this issue 6 years ago • 0 comments

Norad Number:         27674
Int. Designator:      91075K  
Epoch:                2018-11-03 04:43:31.492992 UTC
Orbit Number:         23140
Mean Motion Dt2:        0.13489748
Mean Motion Ddt6:      -0.00002366
Eccentricity:           0.08374730
BStar:                  0.00084043
Inclination:            7.36670000
Right Ascending Node: 194.14740000
Argument Perigee:     356.38390000
Mean Anomaly:           3.06020000
Mean Motion:           14.52109844

Start time: 2018-11-06 22:44:54.063400 UTC End time : 2018-11-13 22:44:54.063400 UTC

terminate called after throwing an instance of 'DecayedException' what(): Satellite decayed Aborted (core dumped)

Heavens-above.com

1 27674U 91075K   18307.19689228  .13489748 -23658-4  84043-3 0  9997
2 27674   7.3667 194.1474 0837473 356.3839   3.0602 14.52109844231405

Eccentricity: | 0.0837473
inclination: | 7.3667°
perigee height: | 124 km
apogee height: | 1313 km
right ascension of ascending node: | 194.1474°
argument of perigee: | 356.3839°
revolutions per day: | 14.52109844
mean anomaly at epoch: | 3.0602°
orbit number at epoch: | 23140

https://www.heavens-above.com/satinfo.aspx?satid=27674

Library throws a DecayedException but Heavens Above site shows it is still on orbit. Albeit, only just on orbit

A-j-K avatar Nov 06 '18 22:11 A-j-K