Re: Satellites
Tristan Cools (tcools@nic.INbe.net)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 23:53:40 +0200 (MET DST)
>On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 rickmcq@mindspring.com wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 1997 23:50:22 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>> >> YES, I remember that one and I think(not sure about the
identification) that
>> >Your id is correct. SATELLITE SITUATION REPORT shows SL-4 R/B decay 1/24.
>> >
>> >> it was an A2 Soyuz booster from Kosmos 2055 which reentered the atmosphere
>> >> on Jan 24, 1990. In fact I remember that CNN showed some pictures of the
>> >> booster reentering the atmosphere. Some people were thinking it was a
Scud
>> >> attack.
>
>Surely the Guld War was in January 1991 and the rocket body which was
>thought to be a Scud attach was the Tsyklon-M second stage
>(1991-005B/21066) from the Cosmos 2122 EORSAT launch on January 18 that
>year ? Re-entry in the RAE Table of Earth Satellites shows it as Jan
>18.93 (Tsyklon-M second stages from EORSAT launches are in orbit for less
>than a day because of their low perigees), which means that it would be
>visible at night-time.
>
>Phillip Clark
Sorry about my identification but I think Phillip is right. My memory was
telling me it was a Tsyklon rocket but looking at the date of possible
reentry I thought it was Jan 24, 1990 with the reentry of Kosmos 2055
rocket.(and indeed the Gulf War began on Jan 1991 !)
But I have seen this reentry on TV and somewhere I even have a videotape of it.
Greetings,
Tristan Cools
tcools@nic.INbe.net
BWGS member(Belgian Working Group Satellites)
Damse Vaart: 3.2478E/51.2277N 3.75m
Rijckevelde: 3.2856E/51.2045N 6.25m
Brugge : 3.2166E/51.2104N 5m