Alan Pickup wrote: >one very attractive candidate ... >GStar 1 Ariane 3 r 261 x 113 km >1 15679U 85035C 02086.67815157 .86040068 -35625-4 91360-3 0 1504 >2 15679 6.4985 118.5911 0112803 299.1047 61.4789 16.32169231222178 ... >very close indeed to the interpolated track position< Alan, There is a village called Kasambya approximately 7 miles from Mubende. Kasambya is located at: 00° 31' 45"N 031° 16' 00" 1275m amsl That is a couple of kilometres to the left (North) of the track shown in the above TLE. As you say, this is *very* close! All the evidence suggests that your identification of the debris as being from GStar 1 Ariane 3 rocket (#15679 = 85- 35 C) is correct. The date is a perfect match and the time and, although not explicitly stated in the reports, is consistent with being in the local evening. The direction from which it was observed to approach Fort Portal was from the West, which is also in good agreement with your identification. The observers in Western Uganda mention that there were actually eight visible objects in the debris train. I suspect that there may be one or more other pieces of debris in the vicinity of the village, hidden in the thick jungle, along a line running approximately 082°/262° from the above co-ords. Cheers, Chris Olsson 57.0419N 3.1739W (WGS84) 261m amsl ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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