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The re-entry window for Phobos-Grunt has closed, (by my calculations).

(Not sure about 'official' times)

Roskosmos is still predicting that the spacecraft will re-enter over the Atlantic Ocean at 22:04 GMT...



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If the Phobos-Grunt spacecraft did not re-enter over northern China or over Japanese airspace, then it will have re-entered over the Pacific ocean.
There is a possible sighting opportunity from New Zealand's North island at 17:29 UT.

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Update:
 The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th January, 2012 @ 17:23 GMT  ± 20 minutes.

Predicted Location:   11.2°S, 163.6°E



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Phobos-Grunt is expected to pass over Beijing at 17:06 UT.

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The National Space and Aviation Agency (Lapan) is closely monitoring the possible location of falling Russian space vehicle Phobos-Grunt, which is estimated to have fallen on Sunday evening or early Monday morning.
The possible atmospheric re-entry spots are the Arafura Sea, Papua, Maluku, Java and Sumatra.
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Russia's failed Mars probe has begun its descent to Earth, just two months after the $165 million vessel was launched in what was meant to be a 2 1/2 year mission.
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Experts say it's only a matter of time before Phobos-Ground plummets somewhere along its orbiting route over Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia or South America.
Canada, the United States and a large swath of Russia, the probe's birthplace, are outside of the anticipated landing zone.
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Update:
 The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th January, 2012 @ 17:25 GMT  ± 1 hours.

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PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   12015.38974209  .05034823  12795-4  41823-4 0  3170
2 37872 051.4131 351.8689 0013326 307.2654 052.7779 16.51150762 10918

Period:       87.62 minutes
Inclination: 51.41°
Apogee:     168 km
Perigee:     145 km
Revolution Number:  -
Predicted Location:   16.0°S, 167.2°E



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Russia's space agency today called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.
Roscosmos said on its website that fragments of the stranded Phobos-Grunt voyager would probably fall to Earth today between 1436 GMT and 2224 GMT.
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Satellite landing zone unknown

A New Zealand astronomer says it won't be known when or where debris from the failed Russian satellite, Phobus-Grunt, will fall to Earth, until about an hour before impact.
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Update:
 The Phobos-Grunt spacecraft is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 15th January, 2012 @ 17:15 GMT  ± 2 hours.

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PHOBOS-GRUNT
1 37872U 11065A   12015.26865886  .04270570  12727-4  44153-4 0  3148
2 37872 051.4122 352.5687 0013635 307.4634 052.5521 16.49714727 10891

Period:       87.62 minutes
Inclination: 51.41°
Apogee:     168 km
Perigee:     145 km
Revolution Number:  -
Predicted Location:   19.1°N, 140.6°E

 

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