The latest elset for the decaying Iridium 50 Delta 2 rocket is: Iridm 50 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 256 x 200 km 1 25174U 98010F 98234.41931980 .01368189 -13188-5 78179-3 0 2821 2 25174 83.6318 253.8399 0042153 4.1781 355.9875 16.16797281 28870 I anticipate decay at about August 26.6 +-0.8 day. At present this is sunlit all around its orbit, being best placed for observation as an evening object in the S hemisphere. SatEvo-predicted elsets: Iridm 50 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 249 x 198 km 1 25174U 98010F 98235.03789206 .01608735 12711-2 81534-3 0 92821 2 25174 83.6311 253.2350 0038905 1.6191 358.3935 16.18656630 28970 Iridm 50 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 235 x 192 km 1 25174U 98010F 98236.02600847 .02100867 22056-2 82852-3 0 92825 2 25174 83.6298 252.2648 0033060 357.5155 2.4681 16.22279348 29139 Iridm 50 Delta r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 217 x 183 km 1 25174U 98010F 98237.01155881 .03123283 54611-2 83928-3 0 92823 2 25174 83.6280 251.2909 0025952 353.3978 6.5678 16.27277520 29290 ----------------------------------------- The recent Long March launch of Iridiums 3 and 76 has left a number of decayers. Current elsets for these are: Iridm 3 CSL02 r 639 x 179 km 1 25433U 98048C 98234.32407751 .00726851 -13804-5 66399-3 0 78 2 25433 86.3709 247.8466 0338762 161.5684 199.8205 15.52813704 368 Iridm 3 CSL02 S/D 612 x 194 km 1 25434U 98048D 98234.06219451 .00371927 -13936-5 53089-3 0 65 2 25434 86.3168 247.9667 0307846 148.9072 213.0727 15.54673695 320 Iridm 3 CSL02 deb E 667 x 173 km 1 25435U 98048E 98234.02603161 .08108730 -20216-5 63763-2 0 85 2 25435 86.0487 248.0265 0362808 159.8369 201.5668 15.48916894 316 Iridm 3 CSL02 deb F 690 x 169 km 1 25436U 98048F 98233.83147799 .07831273 -19568-5 55021-2 0 84 2 25436 86.6497 248.1386 0381907 167.5428 193.5628 15.45671898 283 Iridm 3 CSL02 deb G 628 x 178 km 1 25437U 98048G 98234.28125741 .08444683 -20418-5 74182-2 0 78 2 25437 86.0744 247.8405 0331678 154.3237 207.3409 15.54813740 356 Iridm 3 CSL02 deb H 604 x 172 km 1 25438U 98048H 98234.27596301 .09547517 -21180-5 66804-2 0 83 2 25438 86.7046 247.9183 0318925 162.8644 198.3695 15.59979701 350 My decay forecasts (almost identical for the debris objects): #25433 = 98- 48 C The rocket September 18 #25434 = 98- 48 D Smart Dispenser October 6 #25435 = 98- 48 E debris August 24.3 #25436 = 98- 48 F debris August 24.3 #25437 = 98- 48 G debris August 24.3 #25438 = 98- 48 H debris August 24.2 As with the Iridium 3 rocket, all these are sunlit around their entire orbits. ------------------------------------------- The Iridium 69 Smart Dispenser is also heading for decay, at about August 29 by my current analysis. The latest elset is: Iridm 69 CZ S/D 4.0 2.0. 0.0 5.5 d 327 x 173 km 1 25322U 98026D 98234.45384530 .01270011 -14627-5 52094-3 0 1798 2 25322 86.2517 234.5784 0116664 70.0262 291.3519 16.08878142 17608 Again, this appears to be sunlit all around its orbit, being best as a morning object in the S hemisphere. ------------------------------------------- Elsets for all the above objects are in my select.tle and dklist.tle files, being updated frequently at http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/tle/ Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR site 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Home: alan@wingar.demon.co.uk +44 (0)131 477 9144 Scotland | SatEvo satellite page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/