The Phobos-Grunt Mars probe that has been stuck in low Earth orbit since early November is due to make a series of favourable passes over Hamilton in the upcoming week. When a booster rocket failed to put the probe in the proper location, a valuable Mars mission was lost and instead of going to Mars, it is doomed to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere in the new year. It may be a poor substitute for the lost mission, but it makes for a spectacular satellite going overhead, so see it now while you can. Sightings for the upcoming week can be found on the Heavens-Above website:
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=37872&lat=43.096606&lng=-79.828561&loc=Binbrook+Conservation+Area&alt=197&tz=EST