Tony: Its standard UDMH/N2O2, ie hydrazine/nitrogen tetroxide. The magnitude of the explosion was due to the large remaining propellant in the tanks after the upper stage failed. DWA At 07:20 AM 2/21/2007, Tony Beresford wrote: >I am sure several persons on this list know the answer to the puzzle, >What chemicals does this upper stage use? that just gave such a spectacle >in our skies only 48 hours ago. >Tony Beresford > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: >http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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