Cosmos 2421, fragmentiert oder nicht?

subject: Results observations Cosmos 2421 satellite (2010/04/05)
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Hereby my presentation of observing results of a favorable pass of
the suspected disintegrated Cosmos 2421 sat, orbiting at an altitude
comparable with the ISS and subject of an important ISS-avoidance
maneuver in 2008.

As I reported earlier, when inspecting the first frames of the session,
the captured object gave an impression to be pretty big, too large to
be just a small piece of a fully fragmented satellite.

Interesting as well, is that Russian Space Officials have repeatedly
denied that this satellite exploded at all.

I would keep the question open, but at least my own impression is
that the satellite shows in the recent images too much size and shape
to be fragmented, especially if you can make out clearly its solar panels:

http://www.startje.be//vieuw.php?qid=350044

http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=303316


Best regards,

Ralf Vandebergh