The interesting reports about a dramatic meteor sighting over Brazil (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro ect.)with accustics effects at the early morning hours on 26 April may have an another explanation. On 26 April- around 05:50 UTC - we saw the decay of the rocket body of a Russian Proton launch: 2003-015B (#27776) over this region. The US SPACE CONTROL CENTER showed in its final message the decay on: 26 April, 05:51 UTC +/- 07 minutes (23.0°S, 314.0°E). ascending over Brazil. This is within 3 minutes in good agreement with my own calculation. It shows for the reentry trajectory a high elevation pass for Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro travelling SSW - NNO. The rocket body have a mass of 4200 kg and delivered in the past some very impressive "fireworks". We can solve the question "meteor or the decay" very quick with a more precise time information (please UTC !) from Brazil. Harro Harro Zimmer Berlin, Germany ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from SeeSat-L, send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@satobs.org List archived at http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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