Huge Satellite to Plunge to Earth: NASA

BryanXavier · #31 ● 09-23-2011, 07:48 PM

http://www.space.com/13062-falling-n...ed-states.html

USA back in sights for falling satellite. Falls tonight or tomorrow morning early.

BryanXavier · #32 ● 09-23-2011, 11:08 PM

Now its Canada, Africa, Australia, or one of 5 oceans between 11:00 PM EST and 3:00 AM EST today/tomorrow.

BryanXavier · #33 ● 09-23-2011, 11:12 PM

Sorry -3 of 5 oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian)

Azimuth · #34 ● 09-23-2011, 11:14 PM

Suffice it to say, they have no fucking idea where this thing is coming down.

BryanXavier · #35 ● 09-23-2011, 11:21 PM

I SEE IT OVER CANADA

gatagato · #36 ● 09-24-2011, 05:41 AM

Update #15
Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:46:42 AM UTC+0200

NASA’s decommissioned Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite fell back to Earth between 11:23 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. EDT Sept. 24. The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California said the satellite penetrated the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean. The precise re-entry time and location are not yet known with certainty.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/uars/index.html

Guderian1974 · #37 ● 09-24-2011, 08:04 AM

thissiteisfuckedup · #38 ● 09-24-2011, 09:26 AM

i hope it falls on my house and squashes me dead.

**kellyhound** · #39 ● 09-24-2011, 09:39 AM

Before UARS fell, no one had ever been hit by falling space junk and NASA expected that not to change.

NASA put the chances that somebody somewhere on Earth would get hurt at 1-in-3,200.

But any one person’s odds of being struck were estimated at 1-in-22 trillion, given there are 7 billion people on the planet

Lottie williams of Tulsa was possibly hit.
http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/faq8.html

Faline · #40 ● 09-24-2011, 02:15 PM

Debris from the falling Nasa satellite has been spotted crashing to Earth by amateur skywatchers across the world.
A series of videos purportedly showing the UARS spacecraft entering the atmosphere have emerged, with a sightings in Texas and California caught on film by news stations.
In a clip shown on Good Morning America, the satellite can be seen streaking across the sky somewhere over California.
Another video, lasting 46 seconds and taken by local news station KSAT, shows a bright light shooting past stars over San Antonio, Texas, with the cameraman only just able to keep up with its speed.

Debris? Local news station KSAT captures potential footage of satellite hurtling towards Earth over San Antonio, Texas:

Burning up: This video shows the satellite flying through the sky somewhere over California:

Ball of fire: This video purportedly shows the UARS satellite crashing to Earth over Imperia in Italy. Reports suggest the spacecraft was in the area at the time:

Huge Satellite to Plunge to Earth: NASA

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