Mars Pathfinder may have found the weather a little too chilly on the surface of Mars, but the Delta 2 rocket that sent it on its way is about to get rather warm. My current predictions show decay at about November 28.5 (+/- 0.3d) though its inclination of 36 degrees eliminates any chance of observing it for many of us. The latest elset from OIG is: Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 367 x 144 km 1 24668U 96068B 97330.60155028 .05028793 23753-5 45637-3 0 7472 2 24668 36.3125 83.2245 0168394 217.5054 141.3872 16.06823618 47814 My SatEvo predicted evolution runs... Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 339 x 143 km 1 24668U 96068B 97331.03573686 .06350855 80491-2 49422-3 0 97476 2 24668 36.3113 80.1721 0148440 221.7606 137.0969 16.12097009 47886 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 322 x 142 km 1 24668U 96068B 97331.28319969 .07038491 10733-1 50066-3 0 97472 2 24668 36.3106 78.4218 0135762 224.2006 134.7068 16.15402314 47925 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 302 x 142 km 1 24668U 96068B 97331.53013099 .07978829 15032-1 50580-3 0 97471 2 24668 36.3098 76.6665 0121803 226.6476 132.3311 16.19097162 47963 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 280 x 141 km 1 24668U 96068B 97331.77646361 .09344029 23579-1 50844-3 0 97470 2 24668 36.3088 74.9056 0106061 229.1025 129.9740 16.23339046 48003 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 254 x 139 km 1 24668U 96068B 97332.02209926 .11406700 32223-1 50172-3 0 97479 2 24668 36.3076 73.1380 0087593 231.5667 127.6436 16.28415422 48047 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 221 x 137 km 1 24668U 96068B 97332.26688810 .16495175 13065+0 52916-3 0 97476 2 24668 36.3062 71.3623 0064093 234.0424 125.3614 16.34932851 48085 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 182 x 132 km 1 24668U 96068B 97332.44969022 .35742731 86877+0 59755-3 0 97476 2 24668 36.3045 70.0226 0038026 235.9103 123.7283 16.43426419 48118 Mars Pthfndr r 5.9 2.4 0.0 5.6 d 156 x 125 km 1 24668U 96068B 97332.51035767 .73715209 41378+1 65801-3 0 97473 2 24668 36.3035 69.5732 0023712 236.5368 123.2364 16.49448084 48122 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/