SpaceCom has yet to acknowledge that the astronomy satellite Granat decayed from its highly eccentric orbit more than a month ago. Meantime, the Proton rocket that launched it is (probably) making its last orbit before it, too, plunges to decay on July 25. That is, unless it decayed at its perigee yesterday. Recent elsets show the rocket's perigee plunging downwards under the influence of luni-solar gravitational perturbations... Granat Proton r 200252 x 237 km 1 20354U 89096C 99194.62500000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 7999 2 20354 53.0902 286.3568 9379566 20.0153 358.5709 0.24939346 7744 Granat Proton r 200512 x 136 km 1 20354U 89096C 99198.65694444 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 8016 2 20354 51.4031 285.5150 9389486 20.5718 359.9503 0.24911304 7742 Granat Proton r 200591 x 67 km 1 20354U 89096C 99202.66875000 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 8056 2 20354 51.2418 285.3049 9395959 20.7652 0.0733 0.24909598 7768 The next perigee, due at about 16:05 UTC on July 25, would occur about 100 km below the Earth's surface, so the prospects of survival appear small :) Perhaps someone else can check the visibility prospects for the re- entry... Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/