Decays on April 27th

From: Phillip Clark (psclark@dircon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Apr 30 2000 - 08:14:20 PDT

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    Two rocket stage decays took place on April 27th:-
    
    Decay: 2000/04/27 13:18:00  -21.8  344.0    8.3399
    23834 1996-019B    US     DELTA 2 R/B(1)            2000/04/27 14:40:00
    
    Decay: 2000/04/27 10:42:00   41.9  277.1    0.0000
    26302 2000-021B    CIS    SL-04 R/B                 2000/04/27 11:12:00
    
    A time that the South African had his close encounter would be useful to
    see which of these two rockets _could_ have been the culprit.   The 1
    metre sphere described maks a rocket stage more likely than a satellite,
    but thinking about the designs of these stages I cannot recall such a
    component being carried - certainly not a main propulsion tank.
    
    Recall a Delta-2 stage coming down over Texas a few years ago with both
    propellant tanks landing intact but nicely dented.
    
    Phillip Clark
    
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