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Video of Rocket Re-entry

The Hill Billy · 2007-01-05 12:33:31

Go to here to see spectacular video of the Russian rocket re-entry over Colorado yesterday. Click on the small icon in the Side Bar to launch it.

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05-01-2007 1:33pm

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The Hill Billy

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Go to here to see spectacular video of the Russian rocket re-entry over Colorado yesterday. Click on the small icon in the Side Bar to launch it.

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#2 05-01-2007 1:41pm
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Beautiful, imagine watching that up close.

It was unmanned right?..

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#3 05-01-2007 1:46pm
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It was a leftover stage of the rocket that put a French satellite in orbit on 27th December.

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#4 05-01-2007 7:27pm
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Gordon wrote:

Beautiful, imagine watching that up close.

It was unmanned right?..

Of course, its a practical attempt at minimizing space debris. The rocket is no longer needed as the package is released at the specified coordinates so that it will fall into a specific orbit around the planet. The expended rocket was deliberately ment to burn up in the atmosphere as it fell back to earth on an uncontrolled re-entry.

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