Hard Hats on 2

[Channel Hopper]

This time a German bit of metal - Rosat

Roughly on the same orbit decay as UARS

_http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=20638&lat=50.733&lng=7.100&loc=Bonn&alt=57&tz=CET

Due to impact in the next two weeks

_http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8785971/Second-giant-chunk-of-space-junk-heading-for-Earth.html

 

[2cvbloke]

Due to impact in the next two weeks

:-hide

Can't help but notice that the Typograph are living up to their new name though:

The failure of ROSAT was controversially blamed on Russian computer hackers. Although it was never conclusively proven, experts claimed it was consistent with simelar cyber-attacks.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Tha Teligraf haz nevr claymed tu b wurd perfeck.

Anyhow the satellite may now be down in the first week of November, sun flares permitting.

 

[Channel Hopper]

or as early as next week


_http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-100811_european-space-agency-satellite.html

 

[sonnetpete]

Makes slightly alarming reading. 'The mirror on this is not going to burn up, but it will bring apart and come down like razor blades onto the planet'.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Better upgrade the foil pants then, mesh underwear with padding may be all the rage by the end of the week.

 

[Lazarus]

You mean it isn't already, down your way?

Odd.

 

[Channel Hopper]

From here

_http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/rosat/ruh/handbook/handbook.html

you can check the parts list to see which are most likely to come down intact.

 

[smoggy07]

You mean it isn't already, down your way?

Odd.

Those down south don`t do things like us northerners do, it`s as though we`re living in different worlds sometimes lolol

 

[Channel Hopper]

Rosat is now predicted to come down in the next three days.

_http://blogs.agi.com/agi/2011/10/18/rosat-reentry-video-available/

 

[Channel Hopper]

Orbital prediction, best and worst case scenario


_http://www.spaceflight101.com/rosat-re-entry-information.html


and the usual from Heavens Above

_http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=20638&lat=50.733&lng=7.100&loc=Bonn&alt=57&tz=CET

 

[Analoguesat]

That spaceflight101 info is interesting - its amazing how fast Rosat is coming down.



September 27, 2011
Orbit: 282km x 275km
Inclination: 53,0°
Period: 89.9min

October 9, 2011
Orbit: 247km x 254km
Inclination: 53,0°

October 16, 2011
Orbit: 226km x 229km
Inclination: 53,0°
Period: 89.1min

October 20, 2011
Orbit: 200km x 205km
Inclination: 53,0°
Period: 88.5min

 

[Channel Hopper]

Another graph from the Swiss meteo blog.

 

[Analoguesat]

Rosat re-entered overnight. Looks like another sea splashdown

-http://www.spaceflight101.com/rosat-re-entry-information.html

ROSAT has Re-Entered
The German ROSAT X-Ray Observatory Satellite has re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Sunday, October 23, 2011 between 1:45 and 2:15 UTC according the the German Aerospace Agency, DLR. At this time, it is uncertain wether ROSAT debris hit the surface or crashed into the Ocean. Launched in 1990, ROSAT spent the last 21 years and 4 months in orbit.
During the Entry time frame, the satellite passed over the Indian Ocean and parts of Asia (Myanmar and China). USSTRATCOM estimations indicate an Entry time of 1:50 UTC +/- 7 Minutes. This Entry time would put the satellite in the Indian Ocean away from China. Where exactly the debris hit will be announced later when more data has been analyzed.

 

[sonnetpete]

Rosat re-entered overnight. Looks like another sea splashdown....

That's good. I can deactivate the force field round the house now.....

 

[Channel Hopper]

That's good. I can deactivate the force field round the house now.....

But the underpants stay on ?