Yes, I agree (now;-). I failed to properly load 86-017MQ into my tracking program, hence no good match. With it properly installed, the predicted track matches what I observed last night. -Jeff Hunt <jeff@satellite.eu.org> --- On Mon, 13 Apr 1998 08:54:07 +0100 Alan Pickup <alan@wingar.demon.co.uk> wrote in part: >I am convinced that #25294 = 86- 17 MQ is the VDU external thruster >pushed overboard from Mir at 12:35 UTC on April 11, and that this is the >object seen drawing ahead of Mir over the past day. >