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Blobrana · L

RE: Soyuz SL-4 rocket body re-entry

Blobrana · L

'Santa Claus' fireball over Europe was from Russia

A mysterious flying object which confused Europe on Christmas Eve turned out to be a piece of a Russian rocket. The explanation came in time: the bunch of "shooting stars" has already made people wonder whether it was an alien spaceship.

Blobrana · L

Re-entry , rentrée dans l'atmosphère de la fusée russe Soyouz

La fusée russe Soyouz, lancée le 21 dècembre, rentrant dans l'atmosphère à Saint-Avold, Lorraine ,Moselle ,France

Blobrana · L

Mysterious fireball was part of Soyuz

The mysterious fireball observed above Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and France on Christmas Eve was the re-entry of the third stage of a Soyuz rocket that transported three astronauts to space, the Royal Observatory of Belgium said on Sunday.
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Blobrana · L

The "UFO's Eve" was one of the Soyuz Rocket Debris

There was no more UFOs than Santa Claus in the European skies, last Saturday. This is the Royal Observatory of Belgium, which ended the suspense surrounding the appearance of a luminous trail in the air on Christmas Eve.
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Blobrana · L

Update:
The SL-4 rocket body re-entered the Earths atmosphere on the 24th December, 2011 @ 16:25 GMT ± 1 minute.

Inclination: 51.63°
Revolution Number: 52
Predicted Location: 49°N, 7°E

elwe · New

maybe ?: observer position N48° 43.5' E009 05,9' single point breaking up during pass overhead, moving estimated 070°,image taken looking 060° caught on the last leg before fading and covered by trees. Time around 17:25 GMT best regards ?

Blobrana · L

Update:
The SL-4 rocket body is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 24th December, 2011 @ 15:23 GMT ± 7 hours.

SL-4 RB
1 38037U 11078B   11358.24697129  .06970141  12366-4  52695-3 0   201
2 38037 051.6264 283.7691 0016466 092.6787 268.0071 16.39091340   443

Period:       88.31 minutes
Inclination: 51.63°
Apogee:     208 km
Perigee:     175 km
Revolution Number: 51
Predicted Location: 14.5°N, 127.2°E

Blobrana · L

Update:
The SL-4 rocket body is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 24th December, 2011 @ 16:29 GMT ± 16 hours.

SL-4 RB
1 38037U 11078B   11357.51326889  .03429475  12159-4  62200-3 0   133
2 38037 051.6264 287.8937 0025159 090.4683 269.9846 16.30558593   327

Period:       88.31 minutes
Inclination: 51.63°
Apogee:     208 km
Perigee:     175 km
Revolution Number: 52
Predicted Location: 49.5°N, 9.5°E

Blobrana · L

A SL-4 rocket body that was launched on the 21st December, 2011, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, for the Soyuz TMA-03M/29S mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 24th December, 2011 @ 18:41 GMT ± 24 hours.

SL-4 RB
1 38037U 11078B   11357.26800348  .03494158  12121-4  73040-3 0   124
2 38037 051.6413 289.2456 0028532 087.4170 273.0240 16.28833045   284

Period:       88.69 minutes
Inclination: 51.64°
Apogee:     232 km
Perigee:     187 km
Revolution Number: 53
Predicted Location: 48.4°S, 151.5°E