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Massive Space Debris Crash-Lands in Kenyan Village

Has anyone seen an update to this - was wondering about its origin.
BBC version of the story https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clyn9dgdwe3o had an opinon from the UK Space Agency suggesting the part was a separation ring from an Ariane rocket launched in 2008. I haven't seen anything more about why they thought it might be that particular launch.

<edit to add> https://futurism.com/metal-ring-kenya-space-junk this link suggests the suspected piece of Ariane was being tracked in orbit, which will be why they think they can identify it. Though it does appear that tracking isn't very comprehensive with stuff which orbits close to the equator due to a lack of tracking stations there.
 
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