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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Chit Chat _ Launch gone wrong: Blue Light Spiral above Norway

Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 10 2009, 09:17 AM

Russian launch gone wrong?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html

Third stage failure of a bulava missile:

http://www.barentsobserver.com/background-on-bulava-missile-tests.4663935-131162.html

and

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/bulava.htm

Posted by: djellison Dec 10 2009, 10:31 AM

Universe Today picked up the story and ran with a simulation I did of what might cause a spiral effect
http://www.youtube.com/user/unmannedspaceflight#p/a/u/0/Zx8i5EfmYU4

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/12/09/what-was-the-norway-spiral/

Posted by: dilo Dec 10 2009, 03:14 PM

Doug, congratulations for the beautiful, on-time simulation!

Posted by: djellison Dec 10 2009, 03:58 PM

It's gone a bit viral Nearly 200,000 views between the first and second version, cited on a lot of blogs, and picked up by The Daily Mail, and I just got off the phone with Discovery Channel, Canada, who want to use it in their 'Daily Planet' science show.

Posted by: Stu Dec 10 2009, 04:25 PM

Congratulations, that's great news! Saw your vid on Bad Astronomer's blog, too. A useful shop window for your talents, I'd say...?

Posted by: djellison Dec 10 2009, 04:41 PM

My ego doesn't need work

I kept shouting through to my colleagues in the next office "130,000"

What a Nerd, they said..

Nahh - a geek. With nearly 200,000 views on You Tube

Posted by: stevesliva Dec 10 2009, 04:43 PM

spaceweather.com linked through to your sims one way or another as well.

Posted by: PhilCo126 Dec 10 2009, 04:58 PM

Congrats on a superb video Doug... almost 400 ratings... great stuff!!!

Posted by: djellison Dec 10 2009, 05:15 PM

I wish I could have left comments on - but for some reason youtube wouldn't let me reply or add my own comments - and the ammount of troll-like commenting that happened in the first 5 minutes of it being live was unreal.

Posted by: pechisbeque Dec 11 2009, 10:26 AM

Next time you should post the video on Vimeo. It seems like it doesn't attract so much "troll-like" comments like YouTube.

Posted by: djellison Dec 11 2009, 11:17 AM

It also doesn't attract viewers. It wouldn't have got the 400,000+ viewers I've got via Youtube

Posted by: cbcnasa Dec 12 2009, 03:21 AM

Great job Doug a wonderful simulation

Posted by: Astro0 Jun 5 2010, 07:50 AM

Same effect seen along east coast of Australia today.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/1064435/ufos-seen-zooming-over-eastern-australia

Most likely the reported 'oscilation' of Falcon 9's second stage 'burp' firing.