SL-4 R/B Reentry

[stewartw]

Hi All,

Did anyone pick up anything unusal in the early hours of Wednesday 26th November 2014?

Reports beginning to surface of videos of the reentry of a rocket booster over eastern europe:

www.aerospace.org/cords/reentry-predictions/upcoming-reentries-2014/2014-074b/
www.satobs.org/seesat/Nov-2014/0130.html

Nothing from Ravensmoor :-(

Best regards

William

[allanuk]

Thick fog here last night William. Couldn't see a thing.

[stewartw]

Update from Marco Langbroek today at 15;50 GMT):

"In the early morning of Nov 25-26 near 3:39 UT (Nov 26), the 3rd stage of the recent Soyuz-TMA 15M launch decayed over Europe. Lots of video imagery from eastern Europe, and it seems at least one station in our Dutch all-sky camera network has it very low above the southern horizon as well. If it was clear in the UK, it should have been visible there as well (from the southern UK). So be aware if you receive reports of a very slow fireball."

[arp]

Hi all,

Leeds is stuck under a blanket of cloud, mist and fog.

Any fireball would have to be brighter than mag -26 to make any appearance from here. :-(

Clear skies,

Alex.

[stewartw]

Yes, bright enough and have a fast enough angular velocity to still trigger the recording in spite of the slow object mask!

Thanks to those of you who have already checked your capture. Please remember that a negative observation is just as important as a positive one. Further details are available here and detail the expected ground track: sattrackcam.blogspot.nl/2014/11/re-entry-of-soyuz-third-stage-2014-074b.html ... if your FOV includes part of the track, please have a look.

Thanks in advance

William