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RE: Molniya 1-89 satellite Re-entry

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Update:
The Molniya 1-89 satellite is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 7th April, 2012 @ 00:16 GMT ± 3 hours.

MOLNIYA 1-89
1 24273U 96045A   12097.90729544  .99999999  84554-5  77234-3 0  6706
2 24273 062.4856 057.5885 0473771 276.1979 200.3718 15.59477329123222

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Period:       116.86 minutes
Inclination: 62.52°
Apogee:     2998 km
Perigee:     82 km
Revolution Number: 12323
Predicted Location:   23.5°S, 205.3°E

Ed ~ The re-entry time is still uncertain and it is very possible that the satellite will pass over the northern Americas after the above re-entry time

Blobrana · L

Update:
The Molniya 1-89 satellite is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 7th April, 2012 @ 00:16 GMT ± 3 hours.

MOLNIYA 1-89
1 24273U 96045A   12097.83250347  .99999999  69734-5  10998-2 0  6692
2 24273 062.5162 057.9632 0685858 271.4098 150.7243 15.03133152123210

Period:       130.12 minutes
Inclination: 62.52°
Apogee:     2998 km
Perigee:     82 km
Revolution Number: 12323
Predicted Location:   23.5°S, 205.3°E

Fragments of the Molniya-1T communication satellite will fall over southern areas of the Pacific Ocean early on Saturday morning, Russian Aerospace Defence Forces spokesman Col. Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Friday.
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Update:
The Molniya 1-89 satellite is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 6th April, 2012 @ 22:26 GMT ± 14 hours.

MOLNIYA 1-89
1 24273U 96045A   12097.35069478  .99946063  20634-4  99575-3 0  6656
2 24273 062.5041 059.5338 1223142 271.2521 183.5747 13.74956726123142

Period:       130.12 minutes
Inclination: 62.5°
Apogee:     4174 km
Perigee:     81 km
Revolution Number: 12322
Predicted Location:   50.5°S, 206.8°E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The Molniya 1-89 satellite is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 7th April, 2012 @ 04:06 GMT ± 24 hours.

MOLNIYA 1-89
1 24273U 96045A   12096.59246110  .58022560  14385-4  76888-3 0  6594
2 24273 062.5001 061.4863 1841652 270.5401 239.1602 12.32215765123045

Period:       140.17 minutes
Inclination: 62.5°
Apogee:     5040 km
Perigee:     80 km
Revolution Number: 12325
Predicted Location:   39.6°S, 135.1°E

Blobrana · L

The Molniya 1-89 satellite that was launched on the 14th August, 1996, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 6th April, 2012 @ 20:21 GMT ± 24 hours.

MOLNIYA 1-89
1 24273U 96045A   12095.46562155  .51554351  10544-4  85184-3 0  6514
2 24273 062.5011 063.8539 2405936 270.3179 192.0302 11.06648776122915

Period:       140.17 minutes
Inclination: 62.5°
Apogee:     5040 km
Perigee:     80 km
Revolution Number: 12323
Predicted Location:   61.5°S, 205.3°E