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Posted by cypresstx on 9/23/2011, 5:27 pm
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Posted by cypresstx on 9/23/2011, 5:27 pm
| Update #10 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:45:08 AM CDT As of 10:30 a.m. EDT on Sept. 23, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 100 miles by 105 miles (160 km by 170 km). Re-entry is expected late Friday, Sept. 23, or early Saturday, Sept. 24, Eastern Daylight Time. Solar activity is no longer the major factor in the satellite's rate of descent. The satellite's orientation or configuration apparently has changed, and that is now slowing its descent. There is a low probability any debris that survives re-entry will land in the United States, but the possibility cannot be discounted because of this changing rate of descent. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 12 to 18 hours. and there's this live tracking, but it's swamped: http://www.n2yo.com/ |
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Falling satellite could hit anywhere - Zephyr, 9/21/2011, 8:31 am
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- latest from NASA http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html - cypresstx, 9/23/2011, 5:27 pm
- new estimate - between 11pm & 3am edt - cypresstx, 9/23/2011, 9:08 pm
- touchdown - cypresstx, 9/24/2011, 4:06 am
- actually it is a 1-in-20 trillion risk for any particular person - cypresstx, 9/21/2011, 8:18 pm
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