Ron Lee <ronlee@pcisys.net> writes >Observed with 8" telescope at elevation 5.5 degrees just >prior to shadow entry. Using Alan's posted elsets, it was >on-track and about 7.9 seconds late. ...this at 01:40:11.9 on 2 Jan 98. Well done, Ron. OIG's latest elset for this... GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 237 x 150 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.17707283 .08336367 49772-5 73202-3 0 3087 2 24877 37.6448 279.6615 0066006 13.6431 346.6346 16.29727246 24390 ...has it 12 seconds late at 04:15 UTC. I am now predicting re-entry at about January 2.86 (~20:45 UTC +-2.5h). SatEvo predictions to decay... GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 227 x 149 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.29950595 .08626057 38503-1 64868-3 0 93087 2 24877 37.6444 278.7899 0059836 14.8180 345.3566 16.31653197 24416 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 222 x 148 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.36067242 .09404415 47352-1 64198-3 0 93084 2 24877 37.6441 278.3535 0056502 15.4063 344.7650 16.32754378 24422 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 217 x 147 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.42179542 .10377240 59805-1 63344-3 0 93083 2 24877 37.6439 277.9167 0052961 15.9952 344.1714 16.33961112 24435 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 211 x 146 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.48287051 .11631768 78178-1 62280-3 0 93085 2 24877 37.6436 277.4794 0049169 16.5847 343.5756 16.35301787 24447 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 204 x 145 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.54389199 .13318136 10704+0 60974-3 0 93088 2 24877 37.6432 277.0417 0045063 17.1748 342.9772 16.36818718 24457 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 196 x 143 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.60485214 .15719786 15647+0 59398-3 0 93087 2 24877 37.6429 276.6033 0040547 17.7658 342.3756 16.38579365 24461 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 187 x 141 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.66573984 .19493851 24260+0 57611-3 0 93088 2 24877 37.6424 276.1643 0035468 18.3576 341.7701 16.40708159 24472 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 176 x 137 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.72653776 .25789597 45195+0 54852-3 0 93089 2 24877 37.6419 275.7244 0029538 18.9507 341.1591 16.43420910 24480 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 161 x 132 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.78721568 .40235415 15004+1 52487-3 0 93081 2 24877 37.6408 275.2834 0022085 19.5452 340.5393 16.47282139 24491 GPS SVN43 r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 132 x 119 km 1 24877U 97035B 98002.84769367 1.33939620 38426+2 61141-3 0 93080 2 24877 37.6391 274.8405 0010171 20.1424 339.8977 16.55367558 24500 Best of luck to Tony and Rob in Australia. Be aware, of course, that the cross-track error could be large this close to decay because of the uncertainty in height. 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/