Hi Jonathan ( and other readers) Evening - actually my morning now as past local midnight. Ive just been discussing on the South African FACEBOOK pages (prior to just having now read the SeeSat items about a possible 2nd stage exolosion) that have covered the event - my page and that of the RSG group - about what appears to be multiple objects in severalof the numerous photographs taken here in South Africa of the event. In view of the comment by Elon Musk that an attempt was made to restart the second stage engine but the burn was aborted "due to an anomaly" the question now arises was the "anomaly" an actual explosion of the second stage engine/rocket ? This might also explain the 20 odd pieces so far confirmed by SPACETRACK. Having not seen the event myself I have to rely on other peoples images/reports. The satellite/satellites went into earths shadow soon after the "halo" so not enough time to get any seperation. But it was only in shadow for a relatively short time -- did observers north of the equator observe multiple objects close together. From what I understand the six satellites launched are relatively small so not that bright...... of course this is mostly guessing by me so we will have to see what becomes public knowledge - if ever. Cheers Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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