Re: Four identical high pressure cylinders found in central Argentina

By the way, I have quite a few interesting photos of the debris and I even
drew maps and graphics with the exact impact points and the corridor. Just
tell me how to share them with you all.

Cheers

Ruben

El mar, 13 may 2025 a las 21:28, ruben lianza (<rubenlianza_at_gmail.com>)
escribió:

> Dear Ted, Marco and Sat Obs members:
> I have been working all last weekend in the recovery and investigation of
> provenance of three high pressure cylinders that have fallen near the
> cities of Armstrong and Bustinza, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina.
>
> Their crash sites are remarkably aligned in a straight line, within a  12
> miles long x 90 yards wide corridor, heading 78.56 °.  The angle of the
> corridor respect to the nearest parallel is about 12° which I assume is
> coincident with its orbital inclination.
>
> A fourth cylinder was found yesterday, neatly sitting underneath a
> roadside guard rail, as though someone put it in there, so I assume that is
> not a valid *"in situ"* impact site datum.
>
> Two of  the farmers who found the cylinders did so when the debris got
> entangled and dragged by their harvesting machine during the harvest run.
> So they do not know the exact crash date (the debris were hidden by
> vegetation).
>
> But there is one farmer, the one who discovered object 2, who saw it in
> the middle of a horse corral, so since it was not covered by vegetation
> they must have spotted it the same day or the next day after the crash, at
> the most. They claim it was near April 25.
>
> That is why after asking Jonathan Mac Dowell, he replied that the failed
> Firefly Alpha from LM (launched April 29) could be a candidate, but he
> ruled it out straight off the batt since the launch heading was due south
> (iota=85°).
>
> I am very curious about which space vehicle could have reentered by that
> date releasing most (or all) of its high pressure cylinders over central
> Argentina.
>
> Could they come from a failed ascent stage?. In this case... is there a
> possibility to get any ascent TLE´s of possible candidates for those two
> dates (24 - 25 Apr with a "iota" of about 12 degrees)?
>
> The favour of an answer will be infinitely appreciated.
>
> All the best.
>
> Ruben
>
>
>
>

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