Rocosmos update: Phobos Grunt

As of January 14 spacecraft (SC) "Phobos-Grunt" is on the earth elliptical orbit with the following parameters:

- Apogee (maximum altitude) - 174.2 km;

- Perigee (minimum altitude) - 149.7 km;

- Inclination - 51.44 degrees.;

- Period - 87.57 min.

The projected drop box residues of spacecraft "Phobos-Grunt" on Earth is determined by the dates from the 15th to 16th January, with a central point - 15 January at 21:51 GMT. Possible area falling in the "band" of 51.4 degrees north latitude to 51.4 degrees south latitude is shown in the diagram.

Operational Group is monitoring the convergence of the orbit of the spacecraft "Phobos-Grunt."