NASA say defunct satellite due to plunge to earth

zenno · 23-09-2011 11:28pm

for anyone having problems getting the tracking site this one works here... http://www.ustream.tv/channel/indiainspace

maquiladora · 23-09-2011 11:28pm

rainyrun wrote: »

Maquilladora.. where are you tracking this?

infosatellites.com but the site is very hard to get on due to huge traffic.

rainyrun · 23-09-2011 11:29pm

lets have a bet on where it lands

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:30pm

It's still climbing, this is going to be hard to call.

rolion · 23-09-2011 11:30pm

looks like is going to "reach" the nortern part of Ireland...

rainyrun · 23-09-2011 11:31pm

infosatellites.com but the site is very hard to get on due to huge traffic.

I already have 3 tracking sites open so will leave it at that for now

will keep an eye on the altitudes you are posting on here!

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:32pm

Here again, going north a bit

rainyrun · 23-09-2011 11:32pm

flying over ireland now..

maquiladora · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Doesn't look like it will be coming down for a few more hours yet.

argosy2006 · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Just about to come over Ireland

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Missed missed missed, that's it folk's all over ~

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:33pm

Current alt is 163 km, speed is 8 km per second. Go on ya good thing.:D

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:38pm

This is brilliant, no titanium for us it seems, so how long, if it stays in orbit, will this potential occur again?

rolion · 23-09-2011 11:40pm

i cannot see the moon...what about a tennis ball size sat !!
good bye !

let's switch to Euronews / CNN / Sky News...

maquiladora · 23-09-2011 11:40pm

I think the next orbit is the one that will pass right over Ireland. If its not coming down on that one then I don't think there is any chance it will land here unless it comes down a lot later than expected.

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:42pm

gbee wrote: »

This is brilliant, no titanium for us it seems, so how long, if it stays in orbit, will this potential occur again?

It orbits roughly every 90mins. Next close pass is around 1am, it will be to the north again, another at around 2:30am I think and that's it. But still it will not be over us much if at all directly at those times.

rainyrun · 23-09-2011 11:42pm

latest update on possible reentry
http://reentrynews.aero.org/1991063b.html

hangon · 23-09-2011 11:48pm

I wear this all the time just in case:

Captain Chaos · 23-09-2011 11:54pm

Still at around 160km up, it has to drop to around 100km before things start getting interesting, it will only be minutes left for it then.

gbee · 23-09-2011 11:58pm

I'm still here, but am probably nodding off soon.

zenno · 24-09-2011 12:00am

UARS 3d tracking live... http://www.ustream.tv/channel/theweatherspace-news#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://www.theweatherspace.com/news/TWS-092311_nasa-satellite-tracking.html/&medium=5336250

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:00am

Captain Chaos wrote: »

Still at around 160km up, it has to drop to around 100km before things start getting interesting, it will only be minutes left for it then.

when is it safe to go asleep?

regards

Freddie Kruger

gbee · 24-09-2011 12:02am

hangon wrote: »

when is it safe to go asleep? r

Now.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:13am

gbee wrote: »

Now.

Think i will wait until after 2AM which was the last time i heard from RTE.
the odds of a piece hitting a person is in the thousands even though the odds of a piece of it hitting me are in the trillions.but i won the euromillions so lord knows what luck i might have next?

gbee · 24-09-2011 12:19am

hangon wrote: »

.but i won the euromillions so lord knows what luck i might have next?

Then pay for the live feeds.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:26am

gbee wrote: »

Then pay for the live feeds.

have you seen the price of them?
Naw i want all my money to spend on things that will not kill me,or at least kill me slowly while i spend my loadsamoney.

Tragamin2k2 · 24-09-2011 12:31am

gbee wrote: »

Post reported.

u jelly

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:37am

Tragamin2k2 wrote: »

u jelly

he proably reported it to a mod on *the peoples republic of Cork* website given his location and the fact that he lacks humor

[Deleted User] · 24-09-2011 12:42am

Lucky sods in Miami will get to say they seen it.

hangon · 24-09-2011 12:47am

Jake1 wrote: »

Lucky sods in Miami will get to say they seen it.

They would be the lucky sods that it did not land on, right?:D

NASA say defunct satellite due to plunge to earth

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