With regard to the re-entry of #23834 (the GPS 2-25 Delta 2 rocket) over South Africa, Jonathan T. Wojack writes >... >Am I correct in assuming that the Delta rocket exploded BEFORE entering >the Earth's atmosphere? I don't think that a rocket could break up in >the atmosphere, and one piece land at time index 0, and another piece >orbit right in the Earth's atmosphere for an entire day, before landing. I do not think the Delta exploded at all. The stresses of re-entry caused it to disintegrate and all the pieces fell on the one day and the one orbit, on Thursday April 27. I am certain that a claim that a piece the debris fell on the following day is mistaken. It would be nice, though, to see a map of (or learn the co-ordinates of) the locations of the debris falls. Alan -- Alan Pickup | COSPAR 2707: 55d53m48.7s N 3d11m51.2s W 156m asl Edinburgh | Tel: +44 (0)131 477 9144 Fax: +44 (0)870 0520750 Scotland | SatEvo page: http://www.wingar.demon.co.uk/satevo/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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