Good morning ( my time!) Have just read all the postings that have appeared since I went to sleep some 7 hours ago. I would like to thank all for their contributions as it helps shed more light. I personally dont believe that the entire Falcon S2 second stage exploded but maybe a rocket engine? The crucial information needed is what time did the second aborted burn take place and whether there was a burn of any duration and what was the "anomaly" detected? Difficult to give an exact time of when the event was seen from South Africa as mostly general public observations so time accuracy difficult but it appears generally to have occurred around 1703-1704 UT. As to the extra objects in orbit ? we will just have to wait and see and I leave that to the more qualified individuals :-)). Meanwhile I am happy to accept Jonathans comment that what was seen was a "post abort propellant dump" - as I unfortunately did not see the event and, as far as I know there is no video of the event, it is difficult to guess how long the venting lasted. Now I had better go and do todays grocery shopping otherwise there might be a domestic "explosion!" Many thanks Best wishes Greg _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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