UARS is now officially off track! T-minus impact on earth. Make a guess where it will land!

Ok Update on UARS Sat.

I'm using orbitron
www.stoff.pl...

And Heaven-above
www.heavens-above.com...

and Spaceflight Now
www.spaceflightnow.com...

All have it at the same place now just past Central America
be over Cuba and over south tip of Florida in few minute

Last lowest orbit point at 11 to 12 degree was about 150.26 Km

reply to post by Trillium


thank you!

i was just going to ask if anyone could update us on its location.

reply to post by Trillium

As has been pointed out, you are not seeing real time information.
As of 7:00 PM EDT, perigee was 145 km
www.abovetopsecret.com...

reply to post by markymint

During that time period, the satellite will be passing over Canada, Africa and Australia, as well as vast areas of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The risk to public safety is very remote.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

140km is the magic number, at least thats how it works in orbiter (a simulator.)

what I mean more specifically however, is atmospheric drag should eventually bring it down, unless it bounces again which each pass seams more unlikely, but not impossible.

Hi all,

It's just coming up to the UK now apparently so I'll go outside and have a look, maybe I'm a bit too far south though.

Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by Trillium

 

As has been pointed out, you are not seeing real time information.
As of 7:00 PM EDT, perigee was 145 km
www.abovetopsecret.com...

Ya we know but stil better than a quess
anybody will second that LOL

Originally posted by Vasteel
Hi all,

It's just coming up to the UK now apparently so I'll go outside and have a look, maybe I'm a bit too far south though.

It makes a pass apparently every 90 mins so there is a chance this is its penultimate pass of the UK. But yes look up! North west to South east remember

PS, the further south you are - originally - the better!

Originally posted by Vasteel
It's just coming up to the UK now apparently so I'll go outside and have a look, maybe I'm a bit too far south though.

The real problem for you will be that, being the middle of the night there, the lack of sunlight shining on the satellite to illuminate it.

Viewing works best just after sunset, or just before sunrise.
That will be the middle of the indian ocean 25 minutes from now.

Originally posted by alfa1

Originally posted by Vasteel
It's just coming up to the UK now apparently so I'll go outside and have a look, maybe I'm a bit too far south though.

The real problem for you will be that, being the middle of the night there, the lack of sunlight shining on the satellite to illuminate it.

Viewing works best just after sunset, or just before sunrise.
That will be the middle of the indian ocean 25 minutes from now.

All news stations have reported it would be visible in daylight, providing it's burning up or crashing into Milton Keynes.

Yeah popped out but it's the middle of the night and cloudy, still worth a look tho.

So, it will maybe only pass the UK once more?
I will stay online anyway to track this, it's pretty cool :-)

www.ustream.tv...

live broadcast of satalite.
main page

www.theweatherspace.com...


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Originally posted by Vasteel
Hi all,

It's just coming up to the UK now apparently so I'll go outside and have a look, maybe I'm a bit too far south though.

the same thought occured but I didn't see anything, except its the clearest night in years, you can see the arm of the milky way and jupiter looks like a massive star where im at =D

dude check out the worldmap on the weatherspace link, the entire world is watching this ^_^


ed: word on the street is the uk will have yet another close pass next orbit, if it hasn't re-entered by then, but its got a long ways to go yet

reply to post by whatsinaname


Yeah this is pretty cool isn't it?

Looks like some parts of America are going to get a look now, at sunset too.
It also seems the UK is going to get another pass, I'm waiting for...

www.heavens-above.com...

...to have it's future orbit for the next pass on :-) just in case.

reply to post by hrmmm


I like this link - seems
after Texas it will pass
over Indiana - hope they
give a time, want to try
to see even tho cloudy.

Next UK pass...
Rises in the Northwest at 02:33 then overhead at 02:36, and exiting to the Southeast 02:39 (times set for Manchester.)

It is not descending yet ascending at this point. Is it stuck in some sort of gravtational pull? Will it ever come down?

reply to post by dreamseeker

Yes it will.
But you are not seeing real time data.