A quick update of last night's report: ballistic flight continued through the epoch 11328.24537235 USSTRATCOM TLE. Manoeuvring ended sometime between the TLEs of epoch 11324.94169617 and 11325.19110916. Updated orbit evolution for the period 11325.19110916 - 11328.24537235: http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/phsrm/Fobos-Grunt_orbit_evolution_v5.pdf Assuming solar activity remains near the low end of normal, STOAG propagates the orbit to decay on 2012 Jan 15. Uncertainty +/- 11 days, based on the rule of thumb of 20% of time remaining until predicted decay. Ted Molczan _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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