Russian Space Agency Says Phobos-Grunt Reentry Imminent

Russian Space Agency Says Phobos-Grunt Reentry Imminent

UPDATE:  The latest Roscosmos prediction is that Phobos-Grunt will reenter between 12:50 and 1:34 EST over the Atlantic Ocean.  This is their latest ground track, showing the predicted reentry point.

ORIGINAL STORY: Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, has posted an updated prediction of when the Phobos-Grunt (Phobos-soil) probe will reenter Earth’s atmosphere today.

According to its website, the agency has narrowed the reentry window to a specific orbit and believes it will reenter between 21:30 and 23:12 Moscow Time today, which is 12:30 – 3:12 pm EST.   Roscosmos provides this groundtrack of the spacecraft’s orbit at that time:

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