Forums
L2 Sign Up
SLS/Orion
SpaceX
Commercial
ISS
International
Other
Shop
Home
Help
Tags
Calendar
Login
Register
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Live Event Section - Latest Space Flight News
»
Major Breakup Event over Australia
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
Author
Topic: Major Breakup Event over Australia (Read 1422 times)
jacqmans
Moderator
Global Moderator
Senior Member
Posts: 21709
Houten, The Netherlands
Liked: 8562
Likes Given: 320
Major Breakup Event over Australia
«
on:
02/21/2007 07:05 pm »
Space Weather News for Feb. 21, 2007
http://spaceweather.com
On February 19th, late-night sky watchers across Australia witnessed a bright explosion followed by a debris cloud that hung in the sky for nearly an hour. At first a mystery, the source of the blast is now understood. It was a Russian Briz-M rocket booster misplaced in orbit last year by the failed launch of an Arabsat communications satellite. The fuel tanks of the Briz-M ruptured on Feb. 19th, producing a vivid naked-eye display and more than 1000 pieces of debris. Experts are calling this a "major breakup event," comparable to or even worse than last month's Chinese anti-sat test.
Visit
http://spaceweather.com
for more information and pictures of the Briz-M breakup.
Logged
Jacques :-)
kevin-rf
Elite Veteran
Senior Member
Posts: 8823
Overlooking the path Mary's little Lamb took..
Liked: 1318
Likes Given: 306
Re: Major Breakup Event over Australia
«
Reply #1 on:
02/21/2007 07:21 pm »
Already being discussed in another thread
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=6743&posts=16&start=1
Logged
If you're happy and you know it,
It's your med's!
Print
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
Tags:
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Live Event Section - Latest Space Flight News
»
Major Breakup Event over Australia
Advertisement
Advertisement
Tweets by NASASpaceflight
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
1