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re: UFO Over Argentina And Chile --- May 9th 2013 ---
Posted on 5/13/13 at 9:35 am to PrivatePublic
Posted on 5/13/13 at 9:35 am to PrivatePublic
FWIW... It was the Cygnus mass simulator satellite breaking up during reentry.....
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Many in South America witnessed the Cygnus mass simulator satellite dramatically breaking up as it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere last Thursday evening, May 9, 2013, catching it on a video camera.
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Antares put the Cygnus simulator payload into a low orbit to an altitude where the the atmosphere is extremely thin, but it’s there. Over time, drag affected the satellite, lowering its orbit, dropping it into thicker air, slowing and dropping it more.
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On Thursday night local time (Friday morning, May 10, 2013 at about 01:00 UTC), the Cygnus dummy payload dropped down to experience re-entry. As it slammed through the atmosphere at several thousand kilometers per hour, the payload simulator compressed the air in front of it, heating it up. The pressure and heat disintegrated the structure, and it fell apart, blazing across the sky ( as seen in the video above).
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Posted on 5/13/13 at 9:47 am to dallasga6
Thanks for the link This post was edited on 5/13/13 at 9:49 am
Posted on 5/13/13 at 9:58 am to dallasga6
Damnit 
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