[meteorite-list] Something in the air... ( = Breeze-M tank decay)

From: Marco Langbroek <marco.langbroek_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 10:53:49 +0200
Message-ID: <4DC8FD1D.3050409_at_wanadoo.nl>

> My friend Gonzalo Pereira, an astronomer in La Paz, Bolivia and the
> curator of "Colecion de Meteoritos Blaine Reed" has sent me these
> links to videos of something falling through the night sky in NW
> Bolivia around April 2. The YouTube video appeared on the national
> news. The TV station added the music for dramatic effect :>)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUmKio4Vmls&feature=player_embedded
>
> And:
> http://www.2bolivia.com/Guayaramerin-videos_0Egx54O3ItA&feature=youtube_gdata_player.html



Kevin, others,

This is footage of the decay of a Russian Breeze-M tank, the jettisonable
doughnut-shaped fuel tank of the upper stage of a Proton rocket. It was actually
shot on April 23rd (not April 2), and the event was seen and filmed from several
places. Below is footage from Brasil:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jH3IIG4g-E&feature=player_embedded

It concerned Breeze-M tank 2001-014B, a left-over from the launch of the Russian
geostationary satellite EKRAN 21 launched on 7 April 2001.

- Marco

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