20742 Molniya 1-78 ;;is close to decay. At present Calsky shows it as decaying at 2300 UTC over the Northwest of North America. Refer also to SpaceTrack for those who have access. We have a daylight pass at 2028 UTC but even if the object were close to decay at that point conditions here are likely to remain poor. (For several reasons it is practically certain that the last Molniya did not decay as stated by SpaceTrack - the track shown by http://www.reentrynews.com seems to make a lot more sense, showing a decay on 2 July before it appears it was due to pass over the Tasman Sea between here and Australia.) Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand 174.948E 41.261S ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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