The warning provided by the Russians was valid and the Progress deorbit occurred on time, as reported at http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/extra1.htm. If one compares the times, the near-miss event occurred some 8 hours prior to the Progress undocking from ISS, and thus 13 hours prior to entry and splashdown of any unburned Progress debris. A posting at http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com (not a NASA site) forwards a New Zealand TV report that Russian officials described this event as being due to a "defunct satellite," thus decay of some other Russian object. Tom -----Original Message----- From: Robert Holdsworth [mailto:robbonz1@xtra.co.nz] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:24 PM To: Seesat List Subject: Near miss between decaying Soyuz and jetliner It has been reported that there was a near miss in the Pacific between a jetliner and the decaying Soyuz recently released from the ISS. At the time of writing the story is available at http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200703290635/near_miss_between_space_junk_and_jetliner_over_pacific it may be there for a limited time but is very likely to be available from other sources- I do not have time to check just now. Robert Wainuiomata New Zealand ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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