Manoeuvring was last evident in the USSTRATCOM TLE of epoch 11324.94169617. It appeared to have ended by the epoch 11325.19110916 TLE, and appeared not to have resumed as of the epoch 11332.14290509 TLE (2011 Nov 28 03:26 UTC). Updated orbit evolution for the period 11326.25097676 - 11332.14290509: http://satobs.org/seesat_ref/phsrm/Fobos-Grunt_orbit_evolution_v8.pdf Assuming solar activity remains near the low end of normal, STOAG propagates the orbit to decay on 2012 Jan 14. Uncertainty +/- 9 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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