I totally agree. The APT would have had fuel on board it, then there was the fuel on the upperstage. So plenty of fuel to put on a show. It almost been a year since the launch. Now to wait for the debris, to see how bright it appear's. So the rocket puts on another show, this time I missed it. Kevin > Wow! > > That is the upper stage that shut down prematurely, stranding the Arabsat 4A > (06006A / 28943) communications satellite in a 51.5 deg, 507 X 14701 km orbit. > Must have retained a large fraction of its propellant load. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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