This high eccentricity, extremely low perigee object appears still to be headed for decay at about December 26.1. The latest elset from OIG is: Cosmos 1172 6196 x 79 km 1 11758U 80028A 97356.59992844 .40016780 21584-5 76617-3 0 1814 2 11758 61.8079 113.3624 3214294 248.2224 74.9404 9.35368651130068 Predicted elsets from my SatEvo evolution: Cosmos 1172 5713 x 78 km 1 11758U 80028A 97357.02000033 .45953113 39177-1 79618-3 0 91814 2 11758 61.7731 112.7356 3037987 248.3001 76.9020 9.72168824130105 Cosmos 1172 5114 x 78 km 1 11758U 80028A 97357.52264788 .51835772 44138-1 81978-3 0 91810 2 11758 61.7310 111.9260 2805593 248.4027 79.6028 10.21249415130152 Cosmos 1172 4519 x 78 km 1 11758U 80028A 97358.00089486 .59353074 62598-1 85207-3 0 91811 2 11758 61.6891 111.0843 2558934 248.5120 82.4455 10.74217072130206 Cosmos 1172 3796 x 78 km 1 11758U 80028A 97358.54310876 .72394461 10359+0 91428-3 0 91818 2 11758 61.6398 110.0259 2235282 248.6530 86.1402 11.45058523130264 Cosmos 1172 3037 x 78 km 1 11758U 80028A 97359.05047551 .92889712 17088+0 10073-2 0 91814 2 11758 61.5884 108.9037 1863982 248.8065 90.3330 12.28166337130320 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/