1998-074C (25559) CZ-2 R/B: Alan discussed yesterday the strange behavior of the rocket body. The final decay announcement from OIG (SpaceCom) shows: Jan 20, 21:21 UTC +/- 39 minutes (44.1°N, 105.3°W) There was also a last ELSET - 99020.8202... = 19:41 UTC . MPM delivers no decay date with this input only the message "decayed". I suggest that the rocket body decayed at least a half hour earlier as Space Com estimated. But under the condi- tion that the SpacCom time is realistic there is another strange fact: The reentry began on an ascending pass over China. The trajectory descending 420 km east of the launch complex Jiuquan (41.10°N, 100.3°W) and ended in the border region of Mongolia. Harro Harro.Zimmer@t-online.de