Hi Marco, Although similar tanks have been recovered after reentry, I think the following page from Paul Maley shows some interesting similar finds of such tanks. Maybe an Atlas rocket tank according to this page: http://www.eclipsetours.com/sat/debris.html Greetings, Tristan Cools BWGS 2008/3/26, Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl>: > Hi all, > > Interesting post on he Bad Astronomers blog: > > http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2008/03/25/what-object-fell-on-brazil/ > > This clearly is a r/b fuel tank. I wonder whether it is a part of 2007-046B, the > Centaur R/B of the Global SATCOM launch in October 2007. > > - Marco > > PS: hydrazine, anyone...? ;-) > > ----- > Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. > e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl > > Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL > Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL > SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html > Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com > ----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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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