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Reply To: Spacecraft burn/propellant dump at 23:06 UT, 2022-04-29

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30 April 2022 at 4:36 pm #609999
Dr Paul Leyland
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On Twitter Martin Lewis asked about this event. The thread is available at https://twitter.com/SkyInspector/status/1520183595167481856

https://twitter.com/richard_e_cole/status/1520217320819507205 suggests that it may have been a fuel dump from Cosmos 2555 as the orbit tallies rather closely.