We knew POPACS was going to generate 4 extra debris items so to be fair there are only 9 unexpected objects. We'll have to look at the decay rate - perhaps they are just insulation or something else unimportant that came off unexpectedly, rather than a true destructive event. So, maybe, but I advise waiting before making definite conclusions Jonathan McDowell On 30 September 2013 15:10, Daniel J. Grinkevich <danielgrinkevich@gmail.com> wrote: > This is interesting... > > "Normally, SpaceTrack would expect to be listing the six released satellite > combinations, the rocket body and maybe a couple of debris items. A few > hours after launch, the catalogue was showing 20 items in a scatter of > orbit, indicating an explosion." > > http://www.zarya.info/blog/?p=1595 > > > Dan > -- > > GPG Key: 9E99BD3E > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/private/seesat-l/attachments/20130930/c779d041/attachment.html > _______________________________________________ > 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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