Hard hats on

[2cvbloke]

I think I shall stay indoors tomorrow...

If any pieces of satellite land in the back yard, I'll be keeping it for myself, a proper space souvenir, hopefully with the astronaut turds burned off before landing...

 

[TJExcalibur]

Maybe it will land on the House of Commons or even with luck an extra bit on Bank of England with a bit of shrapnel up Mervyn Kings passage of quantative easing.)(-red

 

[Channel Hopper]

The center will advise NASA when the satellite is two hours out from re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere, give or take 15 minutes,” said Air Force Maj. Michael Duncan, deputy chief of space situational awareness at the center.

“That 15 minutes,” he added, “could mean the difference of 7,000 miles [in distance] and where it penetrates the Earth’s atmosphere.”

_http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=65429

The atmosphere altitude referred to is around 20 miles above the earth at the speeds the satellite is travelling at, which is where it becomes incandescent. 12 miles is where the object starts breaking up.

_http://www.aero.org/capabilities/cords/reentry-overview.html

 

[Analoguesat]

"Engage Borders Tractor Beam"

Yup - it can go under the hedge with the remains of Hotbird 1

 

[PaulR]

The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period.

Well that's all right then. The rest of the world can go hang.

 

[Cormoran]

Attention all members of the Chicken Licken Fan Club -

Dr William Ailor, director of the Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies, has been monitoring the satellite's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere and has, this morning, stated confidently "As far as the sky falling, I don't think so." Rest easy my friends............ :-righton

Latest on n2yo:

UPDATE #9 - As of 9:30 p.m. EDT Sept. 22, 2011, the orbit of UARS was 110 mi by 115 mi (175 km by 185 km). Re-entry is possible sometime during the afternoon or early evening of Sept. 23, Eastern Daylight Time. The satellite will not be passing over North America during that time period. It is still too early to predict the time and location of re-entry with any more certainty, but predictions will become more refined in the next 24 hours.

Gotta love that last bit, "predictions will become more refined in the next 24 hours". As it appears that there is a distinct possibility that the satellite WILL re-enter well within that period I have a sneaky feeling that their predictions will only become more refined when Mrs. Bladdersock of Bromley in Kent phones them to say "There's a lump of your bloody junk right in the middle of my petunias"!!!

Still getting "Servers too busy... Try again later..." on the real time tracking.




PS. Will somebody please disable that little bit of magic that happens every time you mention sky (all lower case)?????



See - it's gone and done it again!!!!!!!

 

[satelliteman]

PS. Will somebody please disable that little bit of magic that happens every time you mention sky (all lower case)?????

This is a keyword that will be automatically parsed.

 

[Cormoran]

Found it!!

Exactly where and when, see here -

_http://www.thespoof.co.uk/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i100258

 

[Cormoran]

This is a keyword that will be automatically parsed.

Oh, ok.

"parse" = shorthand for pain in the arse.

 

[Vipersan]

...So ..n2yo still inaccessible ..
Anyone with an app care to update a fellow space junk enthusiast as to it current possition on the globe ?
rgds

 

[Oakey22]

Just going past Uruguay at the moment, heading towards the east of Brazil.

 

[Topper]

Oh, ok.

"parse" = shorthand for pain in the arse.

Actually stands for pays all required server expenses

So until some member makes an offer to do the same everyone must learn to live with the inconvenience

 

[Channel Hopper]

...So ..n2yo still inaccessible ..
Anyone with an app care to update a fellow space junk enthusiast as to it current possition on the globe ?
rgds

This link gives up-to-date info and hasn't been swamped by the great unwashed.

_http://reentrynews.aero.org/1991063b.html

Sahara desert is on the cards, with Northern Spain and Madagascar at the limits.

Place your bets.

 

[sonnetpete]

This is quite a good article about the satellite:

_http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15023115

The last paragraph might worry a few people!

 

[Cormoran]

Actually stands for pays all required server expenses

So until some member makes an offer to do the same everyone must learn to live with the inconvenience

Well, I consider myself well and truly told.

At the risk of going 'off topic' I would just appreciate a brief opportunity to respond to this obvious 'put-down'.

All I can do is say 'thank you' for the explanation because, a) being a thick pillock and b) a comparative newbie to the forum and c) not appreciating that the word was in any way really an acronym, I actually resorted to seeking a definition for the word 'parsed' and was very confused when I discovered that it bore absolutely no relationship to the way in which it is employed here.

I am indebted.

 

[Channel Hopper]

Reentry now updated to

04:04 UTC ± 3 hours

so it could still come down anywhere......

The ground track * should be calculable at around midnight

* where the reentering object may be visible, and where surviving debris may impact

Edit - Now under 100 miles altitude

 

[Channel Hopper]

Crossing over the northern UK in a couple of minutes.

_http://www.heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=21701

West to East

Only those north of Manchester are likely to spot her owing to the altitude.

 

[Vipersan]

Been out gawping Northwards looking West to East for about half an hour ..
Skies were relatively clear but saw nothing ...
I assume since the description CH gave said only really visible North of Manchester ...it would have been low on the horizon ..so not really surprising I saw nothing ..as my Northern low horizon is obscured by houses ..
Presumably if she broke up on that pass scandinavia was a likely target for debris...
??
VS

 

[Channel Hopper]

And inside 40 minutes it's on the other side of the planet, just over Perth.

 

[Vipersan]

And inside 40 minutes it's on the other side of the planet, just over Perth.

Since I wont get to see the burn first hand ...I do hope some enterprising soul gets footage when she does re-enter ...and hopefully it will be news-worthy footage.
rgds