Bjoern has drawn attention to the visible, bright and decaying Bion 11 "debris" C object. The latest OIG elset for this is: Bion 11 deb C 198 x 166 km 1 24706U 96073C 97067.28366537 .02038588 87410-5 27148-3 0 1393 2 24706 62.7981 319.9652 0024237 111.0257 249.3435 16.33933039 11826 A SatEvo analysis using the latest ten elsets (over 1.2 days) suggests this may decay about March 10.2 and provides the following predicted elsets: Bion 11 deb C 194 x 164 km 1 24706U 96073C 97067.52836551 .02362332 36817-2 28295-3 0 91390 2 24706 62.7978 318.9548 0022652 111.0753 249.1670 16.35010614 11865 Bion 11 deb C 185 x 160 km 1 24706U 96073C 97068.01725980 .03095665 68061-2 28360-3 0 91390 2 24706 62.7969 316.9307 0019096 111.1746 249.0295 16.37642546 11945 Bion 11 deb C 172 x 153 km 1 24706U 96073C 97068.50523218 .04667192 17175-1 23195-3 0 91395 2 24706 62.7957 314.9014 0014712 111.2744 248.8828 16.41314900 12028 Bion 11 deb C 145 x 136 km 1 24706U 96073C 97069.05240774 .14683437 22412+0 17298-3 0 91395 2 24706 62.7932 312.6084 0007090 111.3874 248.6882 16.49642313 12117 For the "best" prediction, use the elset closest to your time of observation. ------------------------------------- Cosmos 2321 rocket is also nearing decay, due at about March 12.3 by my latest estimate. The current OIG elset is: Cosmos 2321 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v 243 x 184 km 1 23677U 95052B 97067.23993481 .01360346 -12231-5 48500-3 0 5741 2 23677 82.8973 304.7122 0044247 329.0733 30.8094 16.22261655 80302 ...and a couple of my predicted elsets: Cosmos 2321 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v 233 x 181 km 1 23677U 95052B 97068.04128006 .01585694 12372-2 48287-3 0 95742 2 23677 82.8965 303.8314 0039634 325.7842 33.9608 16.24565253 80436 Cosmos 2321 r 7.4 2.4 0.0 5.5 v 219 x 176 km 1 23677U 95052B 97069.02582554 .02089756 23665-2 48746-3 0 95749 2 23677 82.8952 302.7446 0033099 321.7264 38.0383 16.28130217 80594 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 | Royal Observatory: A.Pickup@roe.ac.uk +44 (0)131 668 8224