Using the elset: 98040B Molniya 3-49 Rk(1), SL-6 R/B [1] 1 25380U 98040 B 98187.91255087 .00958997 80939-5 96756-3 0 256 2 25380 62.7640 218.2046 0104040 135.1751 225.8138 16.00101870 946 I just watched 98-40B make a 78 degree culmination pass. It was about mag -3 with a flash period of about 3 sec. It was running 43 seconds late based on the above TLE. Ralph McConahy 34.8829N 117.0064W 670m