At 12:32 12/06/00 , bradf@inreach.com wrote in part: >After a few seconds I could see that it looked like a short straight line, and after a few more seconds I could clearly see flames and/or smoke coming >from the back end of it. >Total obs time was about 20-30seconds. I briefly thought it might be a >rocket launch or meteor,but it now seems most likely it was the reentry >of a satellite. >My location was N 33 48 W 118 03 and Arcturus was at az 79 18 el 19 08 at >the time. Brad, Unfortunately for your story the next decay isnt till june 14, and the last june 9( and invisible from North America). I wonder if you saw a launch from White Sands,its ground range is about right for an object at 360 miles high to be 19 degrees elevation from your location. Certain types of re-entry testing are done by ramming a rocket back into the atmosphere. A meteor seems discounted by the length of time involved. Tony Beresford Adelaide So. Aust ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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