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RE: Phobos-Grunt Mission

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Update:
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th January, 2012 @ --:-- GMT ± -- days.

PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   12001.67279148 +.00381535 +11900-4 +12157-3 0 02147
2 37872 051.4223 068.8628 0040412 265.2132 094.4240 16.23223229008672

Period:       88.67 minutes
Inclination: 51.42°
Apogee:     235 km
Perigee:     183 km
Revolution Number: -
Predicted Location:   -

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Russian space agency Roscosmos says 200kg fragments may survive re-entry but expects toxic fuel to vaporise

Officials at Roscosmos admitted that 20 to 30 fragments of Phobos-Grunt, weighing a total of 200kg, might hit the Earth. Among the most likely parts to survive are the cone-shaped sample return capsule that is protected with a heat shield. The capsule was designed to survive a crash landing without a parachute.
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Update:
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th January, 2012 @ --:-- GMT ± -- days.

PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   11363.90070796 +.00322856 +11840-4 +12082-3 0 01972
2 37872 051.4218 084.2054 0043325 252.7107 106.9174 16.21105353008221

Period:       88.84 minutes
Inclination: 51.42°
Apogee:     246 km
Perigee:     188 km
Revolution Number: -
Predicted Location:   -

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Russian Phobos-Grunt Satellite Reentry

Russia's Phobos-Grunt satellite, launched on November 9 and originally intended to be well on its way to Mars by now, is expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere in early 2012.

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Update:
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 13th January, 2012 @ 22:28 GMT ± 11 days.

PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   11361.12526157  .00311354  11790-4  13205-3 0  1806
2 37872 051.4221 099.5264 0046576 239.6061 120.0337 16.19281566  7776

Period:       88.98 minutes
Inclination: 51.42°
Apogee:     256 km
Perigee:     193 km
Revolution Number: 31630
Predicted Location: 30.7°N, 62.3°E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on (or after) the 13th January, 2012 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.

PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   11357.85247695  .00285478  11738-4  13864-3 0  1662
2 37872 051.4221 117.5412 0050044 225.1316 134.5630 16.17266647  7249

Period:       89.05 minutes
Inclination: 51.42°
Apogee:     261 km
Perigee:     194 km

Blobrana · L

Update:
The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on (or after) the 11th January, 2012 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.

PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   11354.63764178  .00250611  11695-4  13684-3 0  1545
2 37872 051.4211 135.1868 0053549 210.8205 148.9695 16.15425351  672931

Period:       89.17 minutes
Inclination: 51.42°
Apogee:     270 km
Perigee:     197 km

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Catastrophe looms as toxic 13-tonne Mars probe falls to Earth

The heaviest interplanetary spacecraft ever launched is about to become one of the most dangerous man-made objects to fall from space when it crashes to the ground early in the new year.
Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said yesterday that the lorry-sized probe weighing 13.2 tonnes and laden with 11 tonnes of toxic rocket fuel and 10kg of radioactive cobalt-57 will fall to Earth between 6 and 19 January.
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'January re-entry' for Phobos-Grunt Mars probe

Russia's space agency (Roscosmos) says its unsuccessful Mars probe will fall back to Earth next month.
The unmanned Phobos-Grunt spacecraft became stranded in orbit in November.
The agency says it expects the toxic fuel on board to burn up on re-entry, but 20-30 fragments of the spacecraft will survive to the surface.
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