Hello, Permanent Mission of Japan (Vienna) sent verbale note dated 20 Jan 2000 to the UN Secretary-General (UN document No. A/AC.105/735) with following information which could be of some ineterest for post-decay event analysis and verifying archive observations. "In accordance with article 5, paragraph 1 of the 1968 Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of objects Launched into Outer Space, the Permanent Representative of Japan hereby wishes to notify the Secretary-General that component of a space object have been discovered on Japanese territory. The object was found on the beach on Yoron Island in the Kagoshima Prefecture by inhabitants of the island on 8 November 1999. It is a cylinder-shaped object, which is 6 m in length and 1.25 m in diameter. It is believed to be a component part of a United States launch vehicle. An investigation concluded that the object poses no risk of hazards to people and property, and it is temporarily being kept at the village office of the island. At present, and in cooperation with Government of the United States, efforts to identify the object are underway. In accordance with article 5(1) of the 1968 Agreement cited above, the Government of Japan is also notifying the Government of the United States. The Permanent Mission of Japan further has the honour to request that this communication be circulated to Member States as an official document of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space." Best regards, Vladimir Agapov. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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