The final elset from OIG for #12986 was: SL-6 r2 541 x 78 km 1 12986U 81113D 97141.62810591 .74584389 78850-5 30000-3 0 9452 2 12986 62.3693 94.4005 0345998 267.7248 88.4243 15.87359872117286 showing that it survived for one more rev beyond the decay I predicted on the 21st. The drag term of 0.74584389 is certainly too low - a more realistic value is closer to 9.0 ! Of course, most of this drag is experienced around perigee near its southernmost point, its southern apex. Decay probably occurred near perigee over the S Pacific, heading towards S Chile, at about May 21.67 (16:10 UTC). --------------------------------------- To tie up one loose end, the final official elset for #24763 was: Cosmos 2340 SL-6 plat 147 x 131 km 1 24763U 97015C 97137.96238007 .21597439 89793-5 21767-3 0 1388 2 24763 62.8349 132.7436 0011823 112.3450 247.8775 16.50198453 5965 I suspect that decay occurred at about May 18.02, northbound over the E Pacific to the N of Easter Island. 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