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On November 20 last year many people observed the decaying rocket that had put Cosmos 253 into orbit.
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KING-HELE, D., WALKER, D. & NEIRINCK, P. The Decay of Cosmos 253 Rocket. Nature 221, 130–132 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221130a0
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