I don't buy that the events seen were early stage ignitions - I believe the launch was much nearer Florida and the brightenings and clouds were associated with MIRV bus burns and reentry vehicle releases during the descending phase. On 24 September 2013 17:11, Ted Molczan <ssl3molcz@rogers.com> wrote: > Allen Thomson responded to Marco Langbroek: > >> > Nevertheless I think that within a few degrees in lat/long, the general location deduced >> should be right. >> >> Thanks very much. The facts, therefore, appear to indicate that a strategic missile might >> have been launched from a missile submarine operating area toward/over Africa with no public >> announcement. I find that surprising, and hope that more information on the event will be >> forthcoming. > > Could this Broadcast Warning message define the impact point? > > ( 090508Z SEP 2013 ) > HYDROLANT 2203/2013 (57) > (Cancelled by HYDROLANT 2203/2013) > > SOUTH ATLANTIC. > ROCKETS. > 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 091400Z TO 140130Z SEP > IN AREA BOUND BY > 09-18S 000-26W, 09-50S 000-32E, > 12-03S 002-39E, 13-40S 004-09E, > 14-09S 003-49E, 13-06S 001-56E, > 11-05S 000-58W, 10-55S 001-05W, > 09-56S 000-50W. > 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140230Z SEP 13. > > If it seems a likely fit, then perhaps someone could try to fit a sub-orbital trajectory to the data extracted from the > imagery by Cees and Marco, constrained by the approximate launch site and the above impact zone. > > http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2013/0183.html > > http://satobs.org/seesat/Sep-2013/0217.html > > Ted Molczan > > > _______________________________________________ > Seesat-l mailing list > http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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