Hello, With the recent high-profile demise of the CGRO, I began thinking about a re-entry that I observed from my location sometime during the latter half of the 1980's. (I was rather young when I observed the decay, which is why I am unable to specify an exact year when it occurred.) It was a spectacular decay that traversed a substantial angular portion of the sky. The object was in at least two pieces, as there were two very distinct plasma/vapor trails (reddish-orange as I recall). The object's trajectory was roughly NNE with a relatively low velocity, which, coupled with the duration of the event, leads me to suspect that it was an artificial satellite rather than a meteoroid. I could be wrong, though. This all leads me to my question: does there exist an online database in which known satellite decays are recorded by location? Thanks to anyone who can help satiate my curiosity concerning the identity of this long-deceased object. Robert Rodriguez astrobob@twol.com +40.271 Lat. -103.8302 Long. 1310 m ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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