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Nick James
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I wish I’d seen it. One of the disadvantages of observing from indoors!

Alex – The whole point of the propellant dump was to avoid creation of space junk. It ensures that the stage did not break up due to tank overpressure and, in any case, the stage de-orbited into the Indian Ocean.