I looked for Mir on Dec. 14th using a TLE dated 342.555 and didn't see anything. It may have been in eclipse, but Traksat said it should be in sunlight until after it passed over my area. It's been cloudy ever since so I haven't been able to look for it since then. But a friend in Memphis looked for it on Dec. 16th and saw nothing at the predicted time, but between 5 and 10 minutes later a bright satellite passed over. It wasn't Progress, since Progress had not been launched yet. Now, maybe his watch is 5 minutes fast, or else maybe they've already boosted Mir's orbit. But I thought they wouldn't boost the orbit until Progress arrived. True? Does anyone have a solution to this mystery?