Op 25-5-2010 11:04, Marco Langbroek schreef: > > Maybe slightly OT, but for those interested: a rather large piece of Ariane > debris has apparently floated ashore in N-Carolina: > > http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=12534303 Okay, On the meteorite list there is now some speculation whether it could instead be debris from the X-37B launch, seeing how much it resembles the fairing depicted here: http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=x37b-shroud-100421-02.jpg?=The+U.S.+Air+Force%27s+X-37B+Orbital+Test+Vehicle+is+shown+inside+its+payload+fairing+during+encapsulation+at+the+Astrotech+facility+in+Titusville%2C+Fla.%2C+ahead+of+a+planned+April+2010+launch+from+Cape+Canaveral+Air+Force+Station+in+Florida.+Credit%3A+USAF Sorry for this ridiculously long URL, here's a more tiny one if you have wrapping problems: http://tinyurl.com/2wrw95t - Marco ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, the Netherlands. e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl Cospar 4353 (Leiden): 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WGS84), +0 m ASL Cospar 4354 (De Wilck): 52.11685 N, 4.56016 E (WGS84), -2 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com ----- _______________________________________________ Seesat-l mailing list http://mailman.satobs.org/mailman/listinfo/seesat-l
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