Being vicious, it became the prospect that it falls to the ground, the spy where the United States has planned downing (reconnaissance) the optical mark of the satellite 17th past 7 o’clock in the afternoon, Kumamoto prefecture Yatsushiro city with “the original Hachiryu observatory”, the Hasimoto building Osamu curator photographed the = photograph. If weather avoids also 18 days, you say that inside and the like Fukuoka prefecture around 7 o’clock in the afternoon, it may be seen with naked eye.

According to the Hasimoto curator, 17th 7:3 PM around, discovering the satellite which pulls the optical mark to height of north west 50 degrees. With the camera of the wide angle lens, it photographed with exposure approximately 20 seconds. You say that from the Andromeda west it moved to the direction of the Cassiopeia seat north at high speed, was visible more brightly than star such as 1. As for the Hasimoto curator “sunlight remains in the sky it seems that the satellite becomes the counter shining and the optical mark”, is said.

In order in the satellite harmful fuel hydrazine is stacked in the human body, as for the United States to evade scattering to the ground, the plan which downs with the missile is announced.

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