RE: Reentry seen from Sydney Australia

Matson, Robert (ROBERT.D.MATSON@cpmx.saic.com)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 12:57:27 -0700

Peter,

The best candidate that I can come up with for your potential reentry is
GALS 1 Deb F (94002F, #22968).  It would have been travelling in a
northeast direction.  I haven't tried running the prediction with more
recent elements from OIG -- the ones I've got are more than 6 days
old.  --Rob
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Peter Bennett [SMTP:striker@zip.com.au]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 21, 1998 6:24 AM
> To:	SeeSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de
> Subject:	Reentry seen from Sydney Australia
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Just after I arrived home, I looked to the north east and saw an 
> object burn up. This occured at 1304 GMT 21st July 1998.
> 
> The object was heading north.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea what it was? It left a good trail behind it.
> 
> Regards
> Peter Bennett