Jari wrote: >Thanks to Tyler MacKenzie for identifying SPOT 1 r BJ as the unknown i saw >last night. Looking at the tle's for various SPOT 1 objects, it appears that >the rocket for SPOT 1 came apart at some time. However with the later NORAD >numbers it looks like pieces came off once again. Anyone know what happened >to SPOT 1 r? According to "History of On-Orbit Fragmentations" SPOT 1 r exploded into 489 catalogued objects on November 13, 1986, almost 8 months after launch. I don't know why the report shows the reason for the explosion as "unknown." What reason can there be for a rocket body to blow up other than residual propellant? _____________________________________________________________ Jim Varney 121.398 W, 38.458 N, 8m Sacramento, Calif. Member, Sacramento Valley Astronomical Society